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Orkdal Church

Orkdal Church
Orkdal kirke
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Orkdal Church is located in Sør-Trøndelag
Orkdal Church
Orkdal Church
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Orkdal Church is located in Norway
Orkdal Church
Orkdal Church
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°15′51″N 9°48′49″E / 63.2643°N 9.8137°E / 63.2643; 9.8137
Location Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1893
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Carl. J. Bergstrøm
Architectural type Neo-Gothic
Specifications
Capacity 800
Administration
Parish Orkdal
Deanery Orkdal
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

Orkdal Church (Norwegian: Orkdal kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in Fannrem, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Orkanger. The church is part of the Orkdal parish in the Orkdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.

The church site has been occupied for about 1000 years. The original church existed during the 12th century. The second church building was built around the year 1220 and it existed until 1890 when it was torn down to build a bigger building. The present church was built in 1893.



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