Lillesand Church | |
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Lillesand kirke | |
58°15′01″N 8°22′54″E / 58.250391°N 08.381799°E | |
Location | Lillesand Municipality, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Henrik Thrap-Meyer |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Swiss chalet style |
Completed | 1889 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 490 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Vest-Nedenes prosti |
Parish | Lillesand |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 84306 |
Lillesand Church (Norwegian: Lillesand kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lillesand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Lillesand. It is one of the churches for the Lillesand parish which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden, Swiss chalet style church was built in a long church design in 1889 using plans drawn up by the architect Henrik Thrap-Meyer. The church seats about 490 people.[1][2]