Rødven Church

Rødven Church
Rødven kyrkje

View of the church
Rødven Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°37′29″N 7°29′38″E / 62.6247°N 7.4938°E / 62.6247; 7.4938Coordinates: 62°37′29″N 7°29′38″E / 62.6247°N 7.4938°E / 62.6247; 7.4938
Location Rauma Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jens Kielland
Completed 1907
Specifications
Capacity 120
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Eid og Holm
Deanery Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Rødven Church (Norwegian: Rødven kyrkje) is a parish church in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rødven. The church is part of the Eid og Holm parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The red, wooden church was built by the architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland in 1907 and the church seats about 120 people. The church was built to replace the historic Rødven Stave Church, which sits just across the road.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Rødven kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-27.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-05-27.



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