Evje Church

Evje Church
Evje kirke
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58°35′57″N 7°49′51″E / 58.5992°N 07.8309°E / 58.5992; 07.8309Coordinates: 58°35′57″N 7°49′51″E / 58.5992°N 07.8309°E / 58.5992; 07.8309
Location	Evje og Hornnes, Aust-Agder
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Style	Cruciform
Completed	1891
Specifications
Capacity	450
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Evje
Deanery	Otredal prosti
Diocese	Agder og Telemark

Evje Church (Norwegian: Evje kirke) is the main parish church in Evje og Hornnes municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located at the north end of the village of Evje, just east of the river Otra. The church is part of the Evje parish in the Otredal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in an cruciform style in 1891 by builder Ludvig Karlsen. The church was consecrated on 16 December 1891 by the Bishop Johan Christian Heuch. The church seats about 450 people. There are no old historic or artistic pieces in the church, everything in it was new when it was built in 1891.