Leksvik Church

Leksvik Church (Norwegian: Leksvik kirke) is a parish church in Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leksvik. It is the church for the Leksvik parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1668. The church was built using designs by the architects John and Elling Olsen Hindrum and Nils Olufsen. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Leksvik Church
Leksvik kirke
View of Leksvik Church in Leksvik, Norway
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63.6782°N 10.6322°E / 63.6782; 10.6322
Location	Indre Fosen, Trøndelag
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Ole Johnsen Hindrum and Nils Olufsen
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1668
Specifications
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Leksvik
Deanery	Fosen
Diocese	Nidaros

During the reconstruction in the 1860s the church lost much of its older furniture, but during reconstruction efforts in the 1950s and 1960s, much of the 17th century furniture was returned. Today the church has new seating, installed in the mid-1990s. The church also contains a very rare crucifix from the Middle Ages, and the sword of Anders Solli. Legend has it that he used the sword to defend himself from the wolves that attacked and killed him in the woods of Leksvik in 1612.[3]