Mykland Church

Mykland Church
Mykland kirke
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58°37′57″N 8°16′47″E / 58.632588°N 08.279669°E / 58.632588; 08.279669
LocationFroland Municipality,
Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1683
Consecrated23 Sept 1832
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Gunder Olsen
Architectural typeOctagonal
Completed1832 (192 years ago) (1832)
Specifications
Capacity150
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryArendal prosti
ParishFroland
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85078

Mykland Church (Norwegian: Mykland kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Froland Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mykland. It is one of the two churches for the Froland parish which is part of the Arendal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a octagonal design in 1832 using plans drawn up by the architect Gunder Olsen. The church seats about 150 people.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Mykland kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). "Mykland kirke". Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. p. 476. ISBN 8275270227.