Tanum in Bærum
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20822TAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Tanum kirke
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Tanumveien 133, 1341 Slependen, Norway -- Tel.: +47 67 50 05 00
Country Name: Norway
Location: Akershus, Østlandet
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Bærum, to its NW; W of the E16, W of Oslo
Ecclesiastic Region: Oslo bispedømme
Church Notes: original church ca.1100-1130; expanded ca.1700; restored 1900;
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font was made by Svend Erichsøn Svanneberg in 1723; it is described by Sigrid Marie Christie and Håkon Christie in Norges Kirker [www.norgeskirker.no/wiki/Tanum_kirke#D.C3.B8pefont] [accessed 2 January 2017]: "Døpefont forært av «madame Sal. Henric Kreftings» 1724. Ant. Utført av Svend Svanneberg (Hauglid: Akantus II, s. 62 og 65). Akantussmykket skål, båret av barnefigur som er avskåret I knehøyde. Skålen marmorert I rødt og blått på oversiden og forgylt på undersiden. Barnefiguren gråblek med forgylt lendeklede. H. 94 cm, diam. 67 cm. Fonten står på ny platting." [NB: we have no information on the font from the 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 59.895788, 10.479047
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 59° 53′ 44.84″ N, 10° 28′ 44.57″ E
UTM: 32V 582753 6640730