Soknedal 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 Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 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...

. The church is located in the village of Soknedal

Soknedal

Soknedal is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Soknedal, where the Soknedal Church is located...

. The big white church was built in 1933 to replace the former building which had previously burned down. The architect in 1933 was John Egil Tverdahl.

The church is part of the Soknedal

Soknedal

Soknedal is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the western part of the present-day municipality of Midtre Gauldal. The administrative center of the municipality was the village of Soknedal, where the Soknedal Church is located...

 parish in Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal

Midtre Gauldal is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Støren...

 which is part of the Gauldal 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...

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See also

• Budal Church
  Budal Church
  Budal Church is a parish church in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Enodden...
  
  
• Singsås Church
  Singsås Church
  Singsås Church is a parish church in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Singsås. The church was built in 1884 and seats about 450 people...
  
  
• Støren Church
  Støren Church
  Støren Church is a parish church in the municipality of Midtre Gauldal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Støren...
  
  
• List of churches in Sør-Trøndelag