Stranda Church (Leksvik)
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Stranda Church is a parish church
in the municipality of Leksvik
in Nord-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located in the village of Vanvikan
. The church is part of the Leksvik
parish
in the Fosen deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
. The wooden church was constructed in 1897 and was consecrated on 4 May 1897. The church was built to replace an older church in Hindrem, just north of Seter
.
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 Leksvik
Leksvik
Leksvik is a village and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Leksvik. Other villages in Leksvik include Vanvikan, Seter, and Dalbygda. Norwegian County Road 755 is the main road that connects the whole municipality from...
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 Vanvikan
Vanvikan
Vanvikan is a village in the municipality of Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Trondheimsfjord in the southwestern part of the municipality, near the border with Rissa in Sør-Trøndelag. The village has a population of 749. The population density is...
. The church is part of the Leksvik
Leksvik
Leksvik is a village and a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Leksvik. Other villages in Leksvik include Vanvikan, Seter, and Dalbygda. Norwegian County Road 755 is the main road that connects the whole municipality from...
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 Fosen 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 1897 and was consecrated on 4 May 1897. The church was built to replace an older church in Hindrem, just north of Seter
Seter, Norway
Seter is a village on the Trondheimsfjord in the municipality of Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The Norwegian County Road 755 connects it to Vanvikan to the southwest and to Leksvik and Dalbygda to the northeast....
.