Lesjaskog Church | |
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Lesjaskog kyrkje | |
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62°13′59″N 8°20′50″E / 62.2330966283°N 8.34711787773°E | |
Location | Lesja Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1695 |
Consecrated | 20 September 1855 |
Events | 1855: Church moved |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1695 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Deanery | Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti |
Parish | Lesja og Lesjaskog |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84292 |
Lesjaskog Church (Norwegian: Lesjaskog kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lesjaskog. It is the church for the Lesja og Lesjaskog parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1697 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]