Statland Church
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Statland Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Namdalseid
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located in the village of Statland
. The church is part of the Statland
parish
in the Namdal deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
.
The wooden church was constructed in 1992 and was consecrated on 10 May 1992 by Bishop Finn Wagle
. The church was designed by the architect
Reidar Moholdt, and it seats about 140 people.
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 Namdalseid
Namdalseid
Namdalseid is village and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Namdalseid. Other villages and farm areas include Sjøåsen, Statland, Tøttdalen, and Sverkmoen.The village of Namdalseid...
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 Statland
Statland
Statland is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Namdalseid in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the Namsenfjorden, about north of Tøtdal. The village has a school and Statland Church....
. The church is part of the Statland
Statland
Statland is a village in the northern part of the municipality of Namdalseid in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village lies along the Namsenfjorden, about north of Tøtdal. The village has a school and Statland Church....
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...
in the Namdal 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 was constructed in 1992 and was consecrated on 10 May 1992 by Bishop Finn Wagle
Finn Wagle
Finn Wagle is a theologian and a former bishop of Nidaros in the Church of Norway. He was also the Preses and thus presided over the Bishop's Conference in the Church of Norway from 2002 until 2006.-Career:Wagle enrolled as a student at MF Norwegian School of Theology in 1962, and graduated in...
. The church was designed by 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...
Reidar Moholdt, and it seats about 140 people.