Snillfjord Church
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Snillfjord Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Snillfjord
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The church is located in Krokstadøra
, the municipal center of Snillfjord.
The building was built in 1898 and it was designed by the architect
Ole Falck Ebbell
. It is built out of wood and seats 250 people. The church was consecrated on 27 September 1899 by the Bishop Johannes Skaar
.
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 Snillfjord
Snillfjord
Snillfjord is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Krokstadøra. Other villages in Snillfjord include Ytre Snillfjord, Hemnskjela, and Vutudal....
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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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 Krokstadøra
Krokstadøra
Krokstadøra is a village and administrative center of the municipality of Snillfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at the eastern end of the Snillfjorden, about east of Ytre Snillfjord and about north of the lake Våvatnet. The Snillfjord Church is located in the village....
, the municipal center of Snillfjord.
The building was built in 1898 and it was designed by the 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...
Ole Falck Ebbell
Ole Falck Ebbell
Ole Falck Ebbell was a Norwegian architect. He worked primarily in Trondheim, but he was also responsible for the design of buildings in other parts of Norway.-Biography:...
. It is built out of wood and seats 250 people. The church was consecrated on 27 September 1899 by the Bishop Johannes Skaar
Johannes Skaar
Johannes Nilsson Skaar was a Norwegian bishop and hymnologist.Skaar was born in Øystese, Kvam, Norway in 1828. He received his cand.theol. degree in 1857. Skaar began his career in Skien where he was a chaplain. He went on to be a parish priest in Gjerpen in 1872. In 1885, he was named the...
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