Hidra Church | |
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Hidra kirke | |
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58°13′38″N 6°32′18″E / 58.2272°N 06.5384°ECoordinates: 58°13′38″N 6°32′18″E / 58.2272°N 06.5384°E | |
Location | Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Completed | 1854 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 700 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Hidra |
Deanery | Lister prosti |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Hidra Church (Norwegian: Hidra kirke) is a parish church in Flekkefjord municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kirkehamn on the island of Hidra. The church is part of the Hidra parish in the Lister deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The octagonal, white, wooden church was built in 1854 using plans by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 700 people. A church has been located on this site since the year 1354 or earlier.