Hessdalen Church
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Hessdalen Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Holtålen
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The church is located in the village of Hessdalen
.
The church was built in 1940 by architect
s John Egil Tverdahl and Arne S. Gynnild. The wooden building was built to hold about 186 people.
The church is part of the Hessdalen
parish in the Gauldal deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the municipality of Holtålen
Holtålen
Holtålen is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ålen. Other villages include Hessdalen, Aunegrenda, Haltdalen, and Renbygda.-General information:...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
- References :...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The church is located in the village of Hessdalen
Hessdalen
Hessdalen is a village and a long valley in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located approximately south of the city of Trondheim, approximately north of Røros mining town, and about southwest of Ålen/Renbygda. About 150 people live in the valley.In the...
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The church was built in 1940 by architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
s John Egil Tverdahl and Arne S. Gynnild. The wooden building was built to hold about 186 people.
The church is part of the Hessdalen
Hessdalen
Hessdalen is a village and a long valley in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located approximately south of the city of Trondheim, approximately north of Røros mining town, and about southwest of Ålen/Renbygda. About 150 people live in the valley.In the...
parish in the Gauldal deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
in the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...
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See also
- Aunegrenda ChapelAunegrenda ChapelAunegrenda Chapel is a chapel in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Aunegrenda.The wooden church building was built in 1952 by architect Morgenstierne & Eide...
- Haltdalen ChurchHaltdalen ChurchHaltdalen Church is a parish church in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Haltdalen.The church was built in 1881 by architects Jacob Digre and Gustav Olsen...
- Ålen ChurchÅlen ChurchÅlen Church is a parish church in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Ålen.The church was built in 1881 by architect Jacob Digre...
- List of churches in Sør-Trøndelag