Forsnes Chapel

Forsnes Chapel
Forsnes kapell
View of the church
Forsnes Chapel
Location of the church
Forsnes Chapel
Forsnes Chapel (Norway)
63°25′49″N 8°25′39″E / 63.4303°N 08.4276°E / 63.4303; 08.4276Coordinates: 63°25′49″N 8°25′39″E / 63.4303°N 08.4276°E / 63.4303; 08.4276
Location Hitra, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Chapel
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1935
Specifications
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kvenvær
Deanery Orkdal
Diocese Nidaros

Forsnes Chapel (Norwegian: Forsnes kapell) is a parish church in Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Forsnes on the southwestern coast of the island of Hitra. It is one of the churches for the Kvenvær parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1935 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 164 people. The church was built using materials from the Old Kvenvær Church.[1][2]

History

Old Kvenvær Church

Drawing of the Old Kvenvær Church

The Old Kvenvær Church was built on the small island of Hakkebuøya west of the village of Kvenvær in the mid-15th century. It was used there until 1909 when the new Kvenvær church was built at the village of Kvenvær on the island of Hitra. The Old Kvenvær Church stood unused from 1909 until 1934 when the building was deconstructed and moved to the village of Forsnes where it was rebuilt as the Forsnes Chapel.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Forsnes kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Forsnes kirke" (in Norwegian). Orkdals prosti. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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