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Åfjord Church

Coordinates: 63°58′01″N 10°13′13″E / 63.9670°N 10.2202°E / 63.9670; 10.2202
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Åfjord Church
Åfjord kirke
View of the church with the old church right next to it
Åfjord Church is located in Trøndelag
Åfjord Church
Åfjord Church
Location of the church
Åfjord Church is located in Norway
Åfjord Church
Åfjord Church
Åfjord Church (Norway)
63°58′01″N 10°13′13″E / 63.9670°N 10.2202°E / 63.9670; 10.2202
LocationÅfjord, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated9 Oct 1879
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)K. Guttormsen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1879
Specifications
Capacity430
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNidaros
DeaneryFosen
ParishÅfjord and Stoksund

Åfjord Church (Norwegian: Åfjord kirke) is a parish church in Åfjord municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Årnes, just east of the Åfjorden and west of the lake Stordalsvatnet. It is one of to churches in the Åfjord and Stoksund 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 1879 by the architect K. Guttormsen. The church seats 430 people. It was consecrated on 9 October 1879 by Bishop Andreas Grimelund.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ "kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-02-25.