Tovdal Church

Tovdal Church
Tovdal kyrkje
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Tovdal Church
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Tovdal Church
Tovdal Church (Norway)
58°48′25″N 8°10′31″E / 58.8069°N 08.1752°E / 58.8069; 08.1752Coordinates: 58°48′25″N 8°10′31″E / 58.8069°N 08.1752°E / 58.8069; 08.1752
Location Åmli, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 4 Mar 1827
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Unknown
Completed 1820
Specifications
Capacity 105
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Åmli
Deanery Aust-Nedenes prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Tovdal Church (Norwegian: Tovdal kyrkje) is a parish church in Åmli municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hillestad. It is the church for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1820 by an unknown architect to replace an older church on the same site. The church seats about 105 people. It was consecrated on 4 March 1827. The church underwent some restoration work during the 1930s.[1][2][3][4]

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References

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


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