Rissa Church | |
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Rissa kirke | |
63°36′21″N 10°00′45″E / 63.60587411°N 10.012420714°E | |
Location | Indre Fosen, Trøndelag |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1888 |
Consecrated | 26 Oct 1888 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Carl J. Bergstrøm |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1888 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 650 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Nidaros bispedømme |
Deanery | Fosen prosti |
Parish | Rissa |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85303 |
Rissa Church (Norwegian: Rissa kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leira, just northeast of the village of Årnset. It is one of the churches for the Rissa parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The gray, stone church was built in a long church style in 1888 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm (1828-1898).[1] The church seats about 650 people.[2][3]