Skatval Church

Skatval Church
Skatval kirke
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Skatval Church
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Skatval Church
Skatval Church (Norway)
63°30′44″N 10°51′41″E / 63.5121°N 10.8615°E / 63.5121; 10.8615Coordinates: 63°30′44″N 10°51′41″E / 63.5121°N 10.8615°E / 63.5121; 10.8615
Location Stjørdal, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Johan Th. Wæhre
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1901
Specifications
Capacity 500
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Skatval
Deanery Stjørdal prosti
Diocese Nidaros

Skatval Church (Norwegian: Skatval kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stjørdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skatval. It is the church for the Skatval parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1901 by the architect Johan Th. Wæhre. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

History

This church was built to replace the Old Skatval Church which was built in 1767 until it was demolished in 1901. That previous church was built in 1767 to replace the historic Auran Church and Fløan Church.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Skatval kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
  3. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Skatval kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-05-18.
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