Åfjord Church

Åfjord Church
Åfjord kirke

View of the church with the old church right next to it
Åfjord Church
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°58′01″N 10°13′13″E / 63.9670°N 10.2202°E / 63.9670; 10.2202
Location Sør-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1879
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) K. Guttormsen
Specifications
Capacity 600
Administration
Parish Åfjord
Deanery Fosen
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

Åfjord Church (Norwegian: Åfjord kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Åfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the municipal center of Årnes, just east of the Åfjorden and west of the lake Stordalsvatnet.[1]

The church is part of the Fosen deanery and the Diocese of Nidaros. It was built in 1879, and was consecrated on 9 October 1879 by Bishop Andreas Grimelund.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Åfjord kirke" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  2. "Åfjord kirkelige fellesråd" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-01-07.


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