Elverum Church
Elverum Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Elverum Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the town of Elverum. It is the church for the Elverum parish and the seat of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1738 using plans drawn up by the architect Nicolai Gustav Sandberg. The church seats about 700 people. History The first church in Elverum was a small, wooden stave church that was probably built during the 13th century. This church was located about north of the present church, roughly on the same site as the town's triangular park. During the Northern Seven Years' War, the church was looted by the invading Swedish Army. After the war, the church gradually declined into disrepair. By the early 1700s, the church roof and windows were both leaking. Around Christmastime in 1729, Morten Leigh took over as the new parish priest in Elverum. He immediately set to work on organizing support for a new church to replace the old, dilapidated building. In 1735, the parish hired Nicolai Gustav Sandberg to design a new church and hired