Frei Church | |
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Frei kirke | |
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63°01′28″N 7°48′11″E / 63.0245632120°N 7.8031387925°E | |
Location | Kristiansund Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 14th century |
Consecrated | 16 Sept 1897 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Karl Norum |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Dragestil |
Completed | 1897 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 420 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Møre bispedømme |
Deanery | Ytre Nordmøre prosti |
Parish | Frei |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 84195 |
Frei Church (Norwegian: Frei kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nedre Frei on the southern shore of the island of Frei. It is the church for the Frei parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The yellow, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1897 by the architect Karl Norum. The church seats about 420 people.[1][2]