Stokken Church

Stokken Church
Stokken kirke
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58°29′31″N 8°50′38″E / 58.4919°N 08.8440°E / 58.4919; 08.8440
LocationArendal Municipality,
Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1879
Consecrated13 Aug 1879
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)J.C. Reuter
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1879 (145 years ago) (1879)
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryArendal prosti
ParishMoland
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85573

Stokken Church (Norwegian: Stokken kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Saltrød. It is one of the churches for the Moland parish which is part of the Arendal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1878 using plans drawn up by the architect Johan Christoff Friedrich Reuter. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Stokken kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. ^ Ellingsen, Svein; Enggrav, Oddar André; Jørgensen, Erling Magnar (1979). Stokken kirke 100 år. Eydehavn: Stokken menighetsråd.