Tovdal Church
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Tovdal Church | |
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Tovdal kyrkje | |
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58°48′25″N 8°10′31″E / 58.8069°N 08.1752°E | |
Location | Åmli, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Consecrated | 4 Mar 1827 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Unknown |
Completed | 1820 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 105 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Aust-Nedenes prosti |
Parish | Åmli |
Tovdal Church (Norwegian: Tovdal kyrkje) is a parish church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hillestad. It is the church for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1820 by an unknown architect to replace an older church on the same site. The church seats about 105 people. It was consecrated on 4 March 1827. The church underwent some restoration work during the 1930s.[1][2][3][4]
See also
References
- ^ "Tovdal kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^ Nenseter, Bjarne Karsten (1994). På kirkevandring i Aust-Agder (in Norwegian). Arendal trykkeri. Retrieved 2017-12-19.