The hospital church
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You are on "Hospitalsløkkan". In front of you is the Hospital Church, which, with its characteristic tower and roof, stands out well in the old town buildings in the area. It was built in 1705 and then replaced a dilapidated medieval church on the same site, and it again replaced a Marian church that was built in the 12th century. The church has been associated with Trondhjem's hospital, which is located on the other side of the park. In its time, this was the first church with an octagonal ground plan in Norway. Inside the church are the pulpit and altarpiece from the 1640s and stood in the old medieval church. The altarpiece's dramatic main motif, the crucifixion of Jesus, was painted by hospital priest Gustav Adolf Lammers in 1830. He was a great preacher, and a not inconsiderable painter and architect. Lammers later became the model for Henrik Ibsen's uncompromising priest Brand. The hospital church is owned by Stiftelsen Trondhjems Hospital. The hospital has had responsibility for its own church since the Middle Ages. Today, the activities in the Hospital church are part of the offer from the Cathedral and Our Lady congregations.