Kodal Church

Kodal Church (Norwegian: Kodal kirke) is a long church (Norwegian: langkirke) located in Kodal in the municipality of Sandefjord in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. The church is the parish church for Kodal.

Kodal Church
Kodal Church
Location in Vestfold og Telemark
Kodal Church
Kodal Church (Norway)
59°13′53″N 10°07′35″E
LocationKodal, Vestfold og Telemark
CountryNorway
Denomination Church of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Completed1100
Specifications
Capacity225[1]
MaterialsStone and wood
Administration
ParishKodal
DeanerySandefjord
DioceseDiocese of Tunsberg

Its chancel dates from the 12th century. The nave dates from 1691 and is made of round timbers.[2][3] The altarpiece dates from 1781,[3] and the painting Jesus and the Disciples on the Walk to Emmaus by Otto Valstad is painted in the style of Anton Dorph and is from 1899.[4][5]

Kodal Church was mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1339. When the medieval Sandar Church, located about 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) south of Kodal Church, was razed in 1790, the altarpiece from Sandar was moved to Kodal Church. In 1893 Kodal Church received its first organ, and in 1919 new bells from the Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry.[6]

References
  1. "Kirkesøk". kirkesøk.no. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  2. Berg, Lorens (1905). Andebu: en Vestfold-bygds historie i 1600-aarene. Kristiania: Det Mallingske Bogtrykkeri. p. 304.
  3. "Kodal kirke". Den norske kirke. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  4. "Andebu bygdebok". Lorens Berg-stiftelsen. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  5. Haverkamp, Frode Ernst (2020). "Otto Valstad". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  6. "Kodal kirke". Andebu kommune. 2014. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
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