Old Sakshaug Church | |
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Sakshaug gamle kirke | |
63°52′31″N 11°16′05″E / 63.87516145°N 11.268162846°E | |
Location | Inderøy Municipality, Trøndelag |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | c. 1150 |
Consecrated | 1184 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Preserved |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1184 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 200 |
Materials | Limestone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Nidaros bispedømme |
Deanery | Stiklestad prosti |
Parish | Inderøy |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 28100 |
Old Sakshaug Church (Norwegian: Sakshaug gamle kirke) is a preserved, former parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sakshaug, just west of the municipal centre of Straumen. It is the former main church for the Inderøy parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1184 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 200 people.[1][2][3]