Stiklestad Church

Stiklestad Church
Stiklestad kirke
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63°47′49″N 11°33′36″E / 63.796919726°N 11.560127735°E / 63.796919726; 11.560127735
LocationVerdal Municipality, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Foundedc. 1180
Consecratedc. 1180
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Archbishop Øystein Erlendsson
Architectural typeLong church
StyleRomanesque
Completedc. 1180
(845 years ago)
 (1180)
Specifications
Capacity520
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseNidaros bispedømme
DeaneryStiklestad prosti
ParishStiklestad
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85569

Stiklestad Church (Norwegian: Stiklestad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Verdal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stiklestad. It is one of the churches for the Stiklestad parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The gray, Romanesque church was built of stone in a long church design during the 12th century. The church seats about 520 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Stiklestad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

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