Søndeled Church

Søndeled Church
Søndeled kirke
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Søndeled Church
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Søndeled Church
Søndeled Church (Norway)
58°45′47″N 9°04′47″E / 58.7631°N 09.0798°E / 58.7631; 09.0798Coordinates: 58°45′47″N 9°04′47″E / 58.7631°N 09.0798°E / 58.7631; 09.0798
Location Risør, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s) Indre Søndeled Church
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architectural type Cruciform
Completed c. 1150
Specifications
Capacity 450
Materials Stone/wood
Administration
Parish Søndeled
Deanery Aust-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Søndeled Church (Norwegian: Søndeled kirke) is a parish church in Risør municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Søndeled. It is the church for the Søndeled parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone and wood church was built around the year 1150. The cruciform church seats about 450 people.[1][2][3]

History

The saga of Olav Trygvasson talks about a church in Søndelef in Visedal an old name for the prestegjeld of Gjerstad. The church is mentioned in several historical documents dating back to the 1200s. The churches in Søndeled, Vegårshei, and Gjerstad were all part of the same parish based in Gjerstad until 1745 when Søndeled (which included Risør was separated to form its own prestegjeld. In 1877, Søndeled and Risør were split into two parishes. The town had Risør Church and the rest remained in Søndeled. The large parish of Søndeled was split into two parts and a new church was built in Frydendal, just outside the town of Risør. The old church was renamed Indre Søndeled (meaning "inner" - further from the ocean) and the new church was named Ytre Søndeled (meaning "outer" - closer to the ocean).[4]

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References

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


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