Nissedal Church | |
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Nissedal kyrkje | |
59°09′43″N 8°30′21″E / 59.1619031°N 8.505818°E | |
Location | Nissedal Municipality, Telemark |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Consecrated | 12 September 1764 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Cruciform |
Completed | 1764 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 270 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Øvre Telemark prosti |
Parish | Nissedal |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85135 |
Nissedal Church (Norwegian: Nissedal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nissedal Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kyrkjebygda, on the east shore of the lake Nisser. It is one of the churches for the Nissedal 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 cruciform design in 1764 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 270 people.[1][2][3]