Grimstad Church

Grimstad Church
Grimstad kirke
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Grimstad Church
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Grimstad Church
Grimstad Church (Norway)
58°20′36″N 8°35′43″E / 58.3432°N 08.5952°E / 58.3432; 08.5952Coordinates: 58°20′36″N 8°35′43″E / 58.3432°N 08.5952°E / 58.3432; 08.5952
Location Grimstad, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded 1849
Consecrated 7 Apr 1881
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Henrik Thrap-Meyer
Style Cruciform
Completed 1881
Specifications
Capacity 1,000
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Grimstad
Deanery Vest-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Grimstad Church (Norwegian: Grimstad kirke) is a parish church in Grimstad municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Grimstad. The church is part of the Grimstad parish in the Vest-Nedenes deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The large, green, cruciform church was built in 1881 using plans by the architect Henrik Thrap-Meyer. The church is one of the largest wooden churches in Norway, seating about 1,000 people.[1][2]

History

The first church in the town of Grimstad was built in 1849 on a prominent hill overlooking the harbour. That church was not very large, so it was quickly outgrown by the town. Originally, there was a cemetery surrounding the church, but just like the original church, it quickly filled up and it is no longer used. A new cemetery was opened in Frivoll in 1872 and it has been in use since that time. In 1881, the church building was disassembled and moved to the nearby parish of Nedenes and it was rebuilt to become the Engene Church (in present-day Arendal). A new, much larger church was built in Grimstad and it was consecrated on 7 April 1881.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Grimstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Grimstad kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-11-11.


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