Risør Church

Risør Church
Risør kirke
Den Hellige Ånds kirke
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Risør Church
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Risør Church
Risør Church (Norway)
58°43′16″N 9°13′53″E / 58.721173°N 09.231262°E / 58.721173; 09.231262Coordinates: 58°43′16″N 9°13′53″E / 58.721173°N 09.231262°E / 58.721173; 09.231262
Location Risør, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architectural type Cruciform
Completed 1647
Specifications
Capacity 450
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Risør
Deanery Aust-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Risør Church (Norwegian: Risør kirke) is a parish church in Risør municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Risør. It is the church for the Risør parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1647 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 450 people. It was built to serve the new and growing town of Risør since the only other church in the parish was quite a distance away in Søndeled.[1][2]

History

The area of Risør was part of the Søndeled parish which was historically an annex of the prestegjeld of Gjerstad. The town of Risør was growing during the 1600s and so a new church was built in the town in 1647. The church was consecrated in the summer of 1647 by the local Dean Salve Thomæson from Øyestad Church. The church was named Den Hellige Ånds kirke which means "Church of the Holy Spirit".[3][4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Risør kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  3. ↑ Nenseter, Bjarne Karsten (1994). På kirkevandring i Aust-Agder (in Norwegian). Arendal trykkeri. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. ↑ Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227.


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