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Hidra Church

Coordinates: 58°13′38″N 6°32′18″E / 58.2272°N 06.5384°E / 58.2272; 06.5384
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Hidra Church
Hidra kirke
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Hidra Church is located in Agder
Hidra Church
Hidra Church
Location in of the church
Hidra Church is located in Norway
Hidra Church
Hidra Church
Hidra Church (Norway)
58°13′38″N 6°32′18″E / 58.2272°N 06.5384°E / 58.2272; 06.5384
LocationFlekkefjord, Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed1854; 170 years ago (1854)
Specifications
Capacity700
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryLister prosti
ParishHidra

Hidra Church (Norwegian: Hidra kirke) is a parish church in Flekkefjord municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kirkehamn on the island of Hidra. The church is part of the Hidra parish in the Lister deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The octagonal, white, wooden church was built in 1854 using plans by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 700 people. A church has been located on this site since the year 1354 or earlier.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ "Hidra kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-09-12.