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Evje Church

Evje Church
Evje kirke
Evje kirke (2011).jpg
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Evje Church is located in Aust-Agder
Evje Church
Evje Church
Location in of the church
Evje Church is located in Norway
Evje Church
Evje Church
Location in of the church
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.



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