Grong Church

Grong Church (Norwegian: Grong kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grong municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Medjå, on the north side of the river Namsen. It is the church for the Grong parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1877 by the architects H. Mosling and Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 260 people.[1][2][3]

Grong Church
Grong kirke
View of the church
Grong Church
Location of the church
Grong Church
Grong Church (Norway)
64.4670°N 12.2960°E / 64.4670; 12.2960
LocationGrong, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)H. Mosling and
Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1877
Specifications
Capacity260
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishGrong
DeaneryNamdal prosti
DioceseNidaros

See also

References

  1. "Grong kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  3. "Den norske kirke i Grong" (in Norwegian). Grong kommune. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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