Nordbotn Church

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

63°38′56″N 9°08′13″E / 63.648952945°N 09.1369999945°E / 63.648952945; 09.1369999945LocationHitra, TrøndelagCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1900Consecrated4 Dec 1900ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Carl J. BergstrømArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1900 (124 years ago) (1900)SpecificationsCapacity280MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNidaros bispedømmeDeaneryOrkdal prostiParishHitra og Fillan

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID85146

Nordbotn Church (Norwegian: Nordbotn kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordbotn on the island of Fjellværsøya. It is one of the churches for the Hitra og Fillan parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1900 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm.^[1] The church seats about 280 people.^[2]^[3]

History

In the late 1890s, approval to build a chapel at Nordbotn was given and Carl Julius Bergstrøm was hired to design the new chapel. The new church was built in 1900 and consecrated on 4 December 1900. The new building was a long church with a sacristy on both sides of the chancel.^[4]

References

^ Jens Christian Eldal. "Carl J. Bergstrøm". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
^ "Nordbotn kapell" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Nordbotn kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 July 2021.