Risør Church

Risør Church (Norwegian: Risør kirke) is a parish church in Risør municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Risør. It is the church for the Risør parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1647 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 450 people. It was built to serve the new and growing town of Risør since the only other church in the parish was quite a distance away in Søndeled.[1][2]

Risør Church
Risør kirke
Den Hellige Ånds kirke
View of the church
Risør Church
Location in of the church
Risør Church
Risør Church (Norway)
58.721173°N 09.231262°E / 58.721173; 09.231262
LocationRisør, Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeCruciform
Completed1647
Specifications
Capacity450
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishRisør
DeaneryAust-Nedenes prosti
DioceseAgder og Telemark

History

The area of Risør was part of the Søndeled parish which was historically an annex of the prestegjeld of Gjerstad. The town of Risør was growing during the 1600s and so a new church was built in the town in 1647. The church was consecrated in the summer of 1647 by the local Dean Salve Thomæson from Øyestad Church. The church was named Den Hellige Ånds kirke which means "Church of the Holy Spirit".[3][4]

  • Exterior view
  • Aerial view of the church

See also

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