Gjøvdal Church

Gjøvdal Church (Norwegian: Gjøvdal kyrkje) is a parish church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Askland in the Gjøvdal valley. It is the church for the Gjøvdal parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1803 by the architect Gjermund Gunnarson Veum. The church seats about 200 people. The altarpiece is called Gethsemane and it was completed in 1922.[1][2][3]

Gjøvdal Church
Gjøvdal kyrkje
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Gjøvdal Church
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Gjøvdal Church
Gjøvdal Church (Norway)
58.8719°N 08.3039°E / 58.8719; 08.3039
LocationÅmli, Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Gjermund Gunnarson Veum
Completed1803
Specifications
Capacity200
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishGjøvdal
DeaneryAust-Nedenes prosti
DioceseAgder og Telemark

History

There has been a church in the Gjøvdal valley since the middle ages. The original church was a stave church built during the 1200s. In 1803, the old stave church was torn down (it is not known if this is the same one from the 1200s or a later replacement). A new timber-framed church was built the same year and it still stands today. There was some restoration work done in 1953 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its completion.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Gjøvdal kirke". 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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