Ytre Rendal Church
Ytre Rendal Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Otnes. It is the church for the Ytre Rendal parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in an cruciform design in 1751 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 180 people. Jacob Breda Bull is buried in the church graveyard. History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1444, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Rendalen was probably a wooden stave church that was located at Hornset, about  northeast of the present church site. In 1670, the old church was torn down and a new replacement church was built about  to the south in the village of Otnes. This new church eventually fell into disrepair and around 1745, it was decided to build a new church. A new church was built about  south of the previous church in Otnes. It was a timber-framed cruciform church. Originally, the church exterior was unpainted. In 1857, the exterior was painted red. During a restoration in 1878, the church was painted white. In 1930, the church was painted red once again. Media gallery

See also
List of churches in Hamar

References

Rendalen
Churches in Innlandet
Cruciform churches in Norway
Wooden churches in Norway
18th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1751
13th-century establishments in Norway