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bekristo on Tour
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My visit at Iceland april 2015
A fine tour with the male choir
Gaasehud (Goosebumps)
The blue lagoon
Hallgrimskirka
Thingvellir
Gullfoss
Geysir
 Hallgrimskyrkja
lørdag 25. april 2015,
Hallgrímskyrkja er den største kirken på Island. Den er 74.5 meter høy
og ligger på et høydedrag rett sørøst for sentrum av Reykjavik. Kirken
er oppkalt etter Hallgrímur Pétursson, en islandsk poet og salmedikter.
Arkitekten Guðjón Samúelsson startet å tegne kirken i 1937, men
byggingen ble først startet i 1945, og den ble ferdig i 1986, etter 38
års byggetid.
Foran kirken står statuen av oppdageren Leiv Eiriksson. Statuen er en
gave fra USA fra 1930 for å feire Alltingets 1000-årsjubileum.
Inne i kirken står et spektakulært orgel bygget av Klais Orgelbau, brukt
bl.a. av konsertorganisten Christopher Herrick til å spille inn «Organ
Fireworks VII», en innspilling som har gjort kirken kjent over hele
verden
Hallgrímskirkja is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland)
parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 73 metres (244 ft), it is the
largest church in Iceland and the sixth tallest architectural structure
in Iceland after Longwave radio mast Hellissandur, the radio masts of
the US Navy at Grindavík, Eiðar longwave transmitter and Smáratorg tower.[1]
The church is named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrímur
Pétursson (1614 to 1674), author of the Passion Hymns.[2]
State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church was
commissioned in 1937. He is said to have designed it to resemble the
basalt lava flows of Iceland's landscape.[3] It took 38 years to build
the church. Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986. The
landmark tower being completed long before the church's actual
completion. The crypt beneath the choir was consecrated in 1948, the
steeple and wings were completed in 1974,[3] and the nave was
consecrated in 1986.[1] Situated in the centre of Reykjavík, it is one
of the city's best-known landmarks and is visible throughout the city.
It is 1676 Sqm. It is similar in style to the expressionist architecture
of Grundtvig's Church of Copenhagen, Denmark, completed in 1940.
Hallgrímskirkja pipe organ
The church houses a large pipe organ by the German organ builder
Johannes Klais of Bonn. It has electronic action, the Pipes being remote
from the four manuals and pedal console. There are 102 ranks, 72 stops
and 5275 pipes.[1] It is 15 metres tall and weighs 25 tons. Its
construction was finished in December 1992. It has been recorded by
Christopher Herrick in his Organ Fireworks VII CD and by Mattias Wager
on his CD Live at Vatnajökull.
(Wikipedia)
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