Stokken Church | |
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Stokken kirke | |
58°29′31″N 8°50′38″E / 58.4919°N 08.8440°E | |
Location | Arendal Municipality, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1879 |
Consecrated | 13 Aug 1879 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | J.C. Reuter |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1879 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 400 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Arendal prosti |
Parish | Moland |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85573 |
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]