Åfjord Church
Åfjord Church | |
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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°ECoordinates: 63°58′01″N 10°13′13″E / 63.9670°N 10.2202°E | |
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]
See also
References
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