Ørland Church

Ørland Church
Ørland kirke

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Ørland Church
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°41′30″N 9°39′04″E / 63.6916°N 9.6510°E / 63.6916; 9.6510
Location Sør-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1342
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Carl Riiber
Specifications
Capacity 370
Administration
Parish Ørland
Deanery Fosen
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

Ørland Church (Norwegian: Ørland kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the city of Brekstad, along the Trondheimsfjord on the mainland of Ørland.[1]

The church is part of the Ørland parish in the Fosen deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The other church in the parish is the Storfosna Church on the island of Storfosna.

The church was built in 1342 out of stone. The 2-foot (0.61 m) thick walls are whitewashed stone. None of the original furnishings remain, but the walls are original.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ørland" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2011-01-14.

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