Tvedestrand Church | |
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Tvedestrand kirke | |
58°37′25″N 8°55′40″E / 58.623675°N 08.927698°E | |
Location | Tvedestrand Municipality, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1861 |
Consecrated | 20 Nov 1861 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Georg Andreas Bull |
Architectural type | Long church |
Groundbreaking | 26 July 1860 |
Completed | 1861 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 300 |
Materials | Brick |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Aust-Nedenes prosti |
Parish | Tvedestrand |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85689 |
Tvedestrand Church (Norwegian: Tvedestrand kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tvedestrand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Tvedestrand. It is the church for the Tvedestrand parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The red, brick church was built in a long church design in 1860 using plans drawn up by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]