Flekkefjord Church | |
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Flekkefjord kirke | |
58°17′46″N 6°39′43″E / 58.2961°N 06.6619°E | |
Location | Flekkefjord Municipality, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Website | flekkefjord.kirken.no |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 12th century |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Hans Linstow |
Architectural type | Octagonal |
Style | Empire style |
Completed | 1833 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 650 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Lister og Mandal prosti |
Parish | Flekkefjord |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84159 |
Flekkefjord Church (Norwegian: Flekkefjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Flekkefjord Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Flekkefjord. It is the church for the Flekkefjord parish which is part of the Lister og Mandal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in the Empire style and in an octagonal design in 1833 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Linstow.[1] The church seats about 650 people.[2][3][4]
It has galleries with audience seating on two floors along five of the walls. The altarpiece is a gold cross in an arch, flanked by columns carrying a gable. The pulpit is from 1938 and signed by Linstow. Today's church organ is built specifically for Flekkefjord church by Marcussen & Sons Orgelbyggeri in Aabenraa, Denmark, and was finished in 1983. The organ has 24 voices.[2]