Åfjord Church

Åfjord Church
Åfjord kirke
View of the church with the old church right next to it
Åfjord Church
Location of the church
Åfjord Church
Åfjord Church (Norway)
63°58′01″N 10°13′13″E / 63.9670°N 10.2202°E / 63.9670; 10.2202Coordinates: 63°58′01″N 10°13′13″E / 63.9670°N 10.2202°E / 63.9670; 10.2202
Location Åfjord, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 9 Oct 1879
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) K. Guttormsen
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1879
Specifications
Capacity 430
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Åfjord and Stoksund
Deanery Fosen
Diocese Nidaros

Åfjord Church (Norwegian: Åfjord kirke) is a parish church in Åfjord municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Årnes, just east of the Åfjorden and west of the lake Stordalsvatnet. It is one of to churches in the Åfjord and Stoksund parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1879 by the architect K. Guttormsen. The church seats 430 people. It was consecrated on 9 October 1879 by Bishop Andreas Grimelund.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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