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{{Infobox church
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| name = St. Olav's Church
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| other name = সেন্ট ওলাভ'স চার্চ
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| location = 1 no., Church Road, Dr. Bishwanath Jot Sarani, [[Tin Bazar]]<br>[[Serampore]] – 712201, [[West Bengal]]
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| founded date = 1806
| founder = [[Ole Bie]]
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'''St. Olav's Church''' ({{langx|bn|সেন্ট ওলাভ'স চার্চ|translit=Sēnṭa ōlābha'sa cārca}}) is a [[protestant]] church in [[Serampore]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/St+Olaves+Danish+Church/@22.7569212,88.3426511,102m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0x9dcfb2b32e54840!2sSerampore+Head+Post+Office!8m2!3d22.7569212!4d88.3423982!3m4!1s0x0:0x7501cdbd71d00aff!8m2!3d22.7568556!4d88.3427033|title=St. Olav's Church|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> Also known as '''St Olave's Danish Church''', it was built in the early 19th century, when the area was part of [[Fredriksnagore]] – then a small (50 km²) colony of [[Denmark-Norway]]. The building is now jointly controlled by the [[Church of North India]] (CNI) and [[Serampore College]] Council.

== History ==
Locally known as the Danish Church, it was one of the 100 buildings constructed by the [[Danish India|Danish management]] between 1755 and 1845, at a time when the town was called Fredriksnagore.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/travel/travel-buzz/story/revisiting-history-210-year-old-danish-church-restored-in-west-bengal-st-olav-serampore-317623-2016-04-12|title=Revisiting history: 210-year-old Danish church restored in West Bengal|magazine=[[India Today]]|access-date=2016-10-16}}</ref>

A major restoration project there was rewarded by the 2016 [[UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unescobkk.org/culture/heritage/awards/previous/2016/ |title=2016 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award Winners |access-date=30 October 2016 |archive-date=7 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907161959/http://www.unescobkk.org/culture/heritage/awards/previous/2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Architecture==
The entrance has an open portico of twin columns under a broken-base pediment containing the royal monogram of [[Christian VII of Denmark|Christian VII]], king of Denmark when the church was consecrated. Above the portico is a bell tower that also contains a clock. One of the church bells is inscribed "[[Frederiksværk|FREDERICKS VÆRCK]] ANNO 1804", indicating it originated from a Danish factory.<ref name=NatmusDK>[https://natmus.dk/historisk-viden/forskning/forskningsprojekter/serampore-initiativet/aktuelle-projekter/restaurering-af-skt-olavs-kirke/ Serampore: Restaurering af Skt. Olavs Kirke], [[National Museum of Denmark]].</ref>

The church is flat roofed, inside and out. The church is not particularly Scandinavian, but reflects the designs of contemporary churches in [[British India]], in particular those in Calcutta, which were inspired by contemporaneous designs popular in Britain, such as [[St. Martin-in-the-Fields]] in London.<ref>[http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/research/research-projects/the-serampore-initiative/projects/restoration-of-st-olavs-church/ Restoration of St. Olav's Church] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018224137/http://en.natmus.dk/historical-knowledge/research/research-projects/the-serampore-initiative/projects/restoration-of-st-olavs-church/ |date=18 October 2016 }}. [[National Museum of Denmark]].</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Interior of The Church.jpg|Interior of the church
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== References ==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite news|author=Chakraborty, Ajanta|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Indo-Danish-collaboration-revives-St-Olavs-from-ruins/articleshow/51720301.cms|title=Indo-Danish collaboration revives St Olav's from ruins|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2016-04-07}}
* {{cite news|author=Chakraborty, Ajanta|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Serampore-church-gets-back-lost-glory/articleshow/50907897.cms|title=Serampore church gets back lost glory|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2016-02-08}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/kolkata-news/210-year-old-danish-church-to-reopen-this-week-near-kolkata-1391069|title=210-Year-Old Danish Church To Reopen This Week Near Kolkata|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=2016-04-11}}
* {{cite news|author=Chakraborty, Ajanta|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Unesco-honour-for-restoration-of-210-year-old-St-Olavs-Church/articleshow/54023088.cms|title=Unesco honour for restoration of 210-year-old St Olav's Church|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2016-09-06}}

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[[Category:Churches in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Danish India]]
[[Category:Church of North India church buildings]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1806]]
[[Category:Serampore]]
[[Category:1800s in Danish India]]

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