page_title: Hønefoss Church
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Hønefoss Church / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of the old Lutheran Church in Hønefoss, South Norway. Picture from 1996. The church burned down in 2010. Norsk bokmål: Altertavlen var en kopi malt av landskapsmaler Lassen etter Axsel Ender med et maleri av kvinnene ved graven. I 1952 fikk alterbildet en ny stor ramme som hadde fløyformede sidefelter og et høyt toppstykke. I sidefeltene var evangelistene mellom søyler og i toppfeltet Kristus. Figurene var laget av Emma Matthiasen og malt. Prekestolen fra 1952 tegnet av Arnstein Arneberg og skåret av Aksel Fridstrøm og hadde 5 fag. På fremsiden hadde den Frans av Assisi og i de øvrige fagene akantus med fugler. Kirken brant til grunnen den 26. januar 2010.
context_page_description: Hønefoss Church is a church in the Ringerike municipality in Viken county, Norway. The historic wooden church burned down to the ground on 26 January 2010. The new replacement church was constructed on site and opened during 2017.
context_section_description: In 1858, church architect Christian Heinrich Grosch was hired to draw plans for the church. the inauguration took place on 10 December 1862. The church received a new chapel, which was dedicated in 1894. The church was restored shortly after 1950 and stood ready for the reopening in 1952.
  The church had room for approximately 350 people. It was located in Hønefoss, which is the administrative center of the Ringerike municipality. The church had its own cemetery, burial chapel, crematorium and a modern assembly room (referred to as Kirkestua).
caption: Interior of Hønefoss Church
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