Dun Church

Dun Church
Dun kirke

View of the church
Dun Church
Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Dun Church
Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°39′26″N 11°15′41″E / 64.6571°N 11.2615°E / 64.6571; 11.2615
Location Fosnes, Nord-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 24 July 1949
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Arne Sørvig
Completed 1949
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Fosnes
Deanery Namdal
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

Dun Church (Norwegian: Dun kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Fosnes in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dun on the island of Jøa. The church is part of the Fosnes parish in the Namdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church building was constructed in 1949 and it was consecrated on 24 July 1949 by the Bishop Arne Fjellbu. The building was designed by the architect Arne Sørvig, and it seats about 400 people.[1][2]

History

The present church is the second one on the site. The first church at Dun was consecrated in 1900, but burned down after a lightning strike on 10 July 1944. The present church was built a few years later to replace it. Before Dun, the local church was located in Fosnavågen on the northeast coast of the island of Jøa (where Fosnes Chapel is now located). A church has been at that site since around 1250. After the church there burned down in 1896, there was much debate about where the main church for Fosnes would be located, and the present site at Dun was chosen.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Dun kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2011-09-23.


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