Follafoss Church
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Follafoss Church is a parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....

 in the municipality of Verran
Verran
Verran is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Malm...

 in Nord-Trøndelag
Nord-Trøndelag
is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It is located in the village of Follafoss
Follafoss
Follafoss is a village located in the municipality of Verran in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village has a population of 402. The population density of the village is ....

. The church is the main church in the Verran
Verran
Verran is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherred region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Malm...

 parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 which is part of the Nord-Innherad deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...

 in the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...

. The wooden church building was constructed in 1954 to seat about 200 people. Sverre Olsen was the architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

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See also

  • List of churches in Nord-Trøndelag
  • Fines Church
    Fines Church
    Fines Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verran in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Verrabotn. The church is part of the Verran parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white wooden church was built in 1913 by architect O....

  • Malm Church
    Malm Church
    Malm Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verran in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Malm. The church is the main church of the Malm parish which is part of the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church building was constructed...

  • Sela Church
    Sela Church
    Sela Church is a parish church in the municipality of Verran in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sela. The church is part of the Malm parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The church was built in 1997 to serve the western part of the Malm...

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