For Church

For Church
For kirke
For Church
Location in Nord-Trøndelag
For Church
Location in Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 64°04′22″N 11°40′53″E / 64.0728°N 11.6815°E / 64.0728; 11.6815
Location Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 15 October 1846
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow
Completed 1846
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Stod
Deanery Nord-Innherad
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

For Church (Norwegian: For kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Steinkjer in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stod. The church is part of the Stod parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The white stone church was constructed in 1846 using a design by Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow. It was consecrated on 15 October 1846. The building seats about 400 people.

History

The present church site has long been the site of a church, but little is known about the churches that stood there before 1648. There presumably was a stave church was where the main building of the parsonage now stands.

In 1648, a wooden church was built which was the main church for the parish. It was consecrated in 1650 by Bishop Erik Bredal and was probably west of today's church. After about 200 years, the church was in poor condition and the congregation wanted the old church torn down. The service held on 20 July 1845 was the last time the old church was used before its demolition. The old church's pulpit, organ, and baptismal font were installed in the new church. A new altar was built for the new church—the old one was not kept.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "For kirke" (in Norwegian). Steinkjerleksikonet. Retrieved 2011-07-31.


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