Grunge Church | |
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Grunge kyrkje | |
59°43′23″N 7°41′49″E / 59.722983°N 7.696893°E | |
Location | Vinje Municipality, Telemark |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1850 |
Consecrated | 1850 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Hans Linstow |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1850 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 132 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Øvre Telemark prosti |
Parish | Grungedal |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84436 |
Grunge Church (Norwegian: Grunge kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vinje Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located just outside the village of Grunge along the lake Tveitevatnet. It is the church for the Grungedal parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1850 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 132 people.[1][2]