| Valle Church | |
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| Valle kyrkje | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Valle_Kirke_i_Setesdal.jpg) View of the church | |
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| 59°12′35″N 7°32′04″E / 59.2096°N 07.5345°E | |
| Location | Valle Municipality, Agder |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 13th century |
| Consecrated | 1 Dec 1844 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Hans Linstow |
| Architectural type | Cruciform |
| Completed | 1844 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
| Deanery | Otredal prosti |
| Parish | Valle og Hyllestad |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 85750 |
Valle Church (Norwegian: Valle kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Valle Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valle. It is one of the churches for the Valle og Hylestad parish which is part of the Otredal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1844 by Anders Thorsen Syrtveit who used plans drawn up by the famous architect Hans Linstow.[1][2]
The main part of the church is 7.6 by 13.9 metres (25 ft × 46 ft) and the choir is 7.6 by 6 metres (25 ft × 20 ft). Altogether with the entrance and the sacristy, the church is 233 square metres (2,510 sq ft). The church seats about 400 people comfortably on the main floor and in the upper gallery. Traditionally, the gallery sat about 150 unmarried people and the main floor sat about 350 married people. The steeple is 22 metres (72 ft) tall.[3]
- ^ "Valle kyrkje, Setesdal". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Homme, Knut K., ed. (1994). Kyrkja på Vaddarhaugen: Valle kyrkje i Setesdal 1844-1994 (in Norwegian). Valle sokneråd. ISBN 8299318408.