Index to carillons and chimes by Olsen Nauen

The Olsen Nauen foundry has provided bells for various carillons and chimes throughout Norway. See the bottom of this page for contact information and historical notes.

The sites are listed in order by the year of casting, which may be different from the year of installation. Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument:

C = Complete instrument
F = Foundation; originally a complete installation, later expanded
I = Intermediate expansion
E = Final expansion to current state
R = Recast/replaced

Finally, there is an indication of the type of instrument:

  trad      - carillon with traditional keyboard
  non-trad  - carillon with non-traditional mechanism
  mech?     - carillon with unknown mechanism
  chime     - chime (any mechanism)

Olsen Nauen, T¿nsberg, Norway

NAUEN                         : NORWAY       1971 F  trad
   Traveling Carillon
   Olsen Nauen Bellfoundry (home) 
TONSBERG                      : NORWAY       1971 C  non-trad
   Sems Sparebank 
LILLESTR¯M                    : NORWAY       1973 C  chime
   ¯vre RÏlingen kirke 
BAERUM                        : NORWAY       1974 C  non-trad
   RŒdhus (Town Hall) 
NAUEN                         : NORWAY       1974 I  trad
   Traveling Carillon
   Olsen Nauen Bellfoundry (home) 
OSLO - LK                     : NORWAY       1975 C  chime
   Langhus kirke 
DRAMMEN - LS                  : NORWAY       1976 C  chime
   Lier Sykehus 
OSLO - FK                     : NORWAY       1976 C  chime
   Fossum kirke 
TRONDHEIM                     : NORWAY       1976 C  trad
   Nidarosdomen (Cathedral) 
OSLO - BK                     : NORWAY       1977 C  chime
   Bredtvet kirke 
OSLO - RK                     : NORWAY       1978 C  chime
   R¿dtvet kirke 
OSLO - EK                     : NORWAY       1981 C  chime
   Ellingsrud kirke 
ARENDAL                       : NORWAY       1982 C  chime
   Trefoldighet kirke 
MOLDE                         : NORWAY       1983 C  trad
   Domkirke (Cathedral) 
OSLO - VK                     : NORWAY       1984 C  chime
   VŒlerenga kirke 
NAUEN                         : NORWAY       1985 E  trad
   Traveling Carillon
   Olsen Nauen Bellfoundry (home) 
REYKJAVIK - BU                : ICELAND      1985 C  chime
   Bustadakirkja
HAUGESUND                     : NORWAY       1988 C  non-trad
   VŒr Frelsers kirke 
OSLO - SVK                    : NORWAY       1988 C  chime
   Sk¿yen Vest kirke 
REYKJAVIK - BR                : ICELAND      1988 C  chime
   Breidholtskirkja
KRISTIANSAND                  : NORWAY       1990 C  non-trad
   Kristiansand Domkirke 
OSLO - HK                     : NORWAY       1992 C  chime
   Holmlia kirke 
STAVANGER                     : NORWAY       2000 E  trad
   Domkirke (Cathedral) 
OSLO - R                      : NORWAY       2000 R  trad
   RŒdhus (City Hall) 
OSLO - C                      : NORWAY       2003 C  trad
   Domkirke (Cathedral) 
OSLO - U                      : NORWAY       2004 C  trad
   Uranienborg kirke (church)

Contact:

  Olsen-Nauen Klokkest¿peri AS
  *Postal:
    PB 2035
    N-3103 T¿nsberg
  *Parcel:
    shaugveien 174
    N-3157 BarkŒker
  T:  33 35 90 40
  F:  33 35 90 49
  E:  morten@klokkestoperi.no

Historical Notes:

Six generations of bellfounders; management:
  Ole Olsen, 1844-
  Ole Chr. Olsen, 1860-
  Ole Olsen Nauen (I), 1893-
  Ole Olsen Nauen (II), 1926-
  Ole Chr. Olsen Nauen, 1963-
  Morten H¿ie Olsen-Nauen, 2005-

Links:

The foundry Website (also at an alternate URL) is entirely in Norwegian. On the Klokkespill (carillon) page is a photo of the transportable carillon and a photo of the new bells for Oslo City Hall.

A business directory Website provides locator maps, both overview and detailed, for the bellfoundry.

Return to Indexes to bellfoundries.

This index page was built from the database on 14-Apr-06 and last updated on 31-Dec-08.

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