Kviteseid Church

Kviteseid Church
Kviteseid kyrkje
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59°24′13″N 8°29′05″E / 59.403548°N 8.484598°E / 59.403548; 8.484598
LocationKviteseid Municipality,
Telemark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1916
Consecrated18 June 1916
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Haldor Larsen Børve
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1915 (109 years ago) (1915)
Specifications
Capacity320
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark bispedømme
DeaneryØvre Telemark prosti
ParishKviteseid
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID178079

Kviteseid Church (Norwegian: Kviteseid kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kviteseid Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kviteseid. It is the main church for the Kviteseid parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The brown, stone church was built in a long church design in 1915 using plans drawn up by the architect Haldor Larsen Børve. The church seats about 320 people.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Kviteseid kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  3. ^ Henriksveen, Herman, ed. (1986). "Kviteseid kyrkje". Kirker i Telemark (in Norwegian). Stathelle: Flora forlag. pp. 144–145. ISBN 8290695004.
  4. ^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry. Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær, Norge: Vanebo forlag. p. 482. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 19 November 2022.