Leksvik Church

Leksvik Church (Norwegian: Leksvik kirke) is a parish church in Indre Fosen municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leksvik. It is the church for the Leksvik parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1668. The church was built using designs by the architects John and Elling Olsen Hindrum and Nils Olufsen. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Leksvik Church
Leksvik kirke
View of Leksvik Church in Leksvik, Norway
Leksvik Church
Location of the church
Leksvik Church
Leksvik Church (Norway)
63.6782°N 10.6322°E / 63.6782; 10.6322
LocationIndre Fosen, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ole Johnsen Hindrum
and Nils Olufsen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1668
Specifications
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishLeksvik
DeaneryFosen
DioceseNidaros

During the reconstruction in the 1860s the church lost much of its older furniture, but during reconstruction efforts in the 1950s and 1960s, much of the 17th century furniture was returned. Today the church has new seating, installed in the mid-1990s. The church also contains a very rare crucifix from the Middle Ages, and the sword of Anders Solli. Legend has it that he used the sword to defend himself from the wolves that attacked and killed him in the woods of Leksvik in 1612.[3]

Priests

The following people have been priests of Leksvik Church:[3]

  • 1621-1648: Oluf Eriksen
  • 1648-1957: Isak Johansen
  • 1657-1671: Iver Olufsen
  • 1672-1697: Søren Kristoffersen Røg
  • 1697-1704: Peder Simonsen Hoff
  • 1704-1716: Petter Surland
  • 1716-1731: Andreas Nilsen Aalborg
  • 1731-1737: Hans Pedersen Europpidan
  • 1738-1749: Jens Danielsen Hveding
  • 1748-1757: Andreas Berhoft
  • 1757-1777: Hans Thode
  • 1777-1781: Ferdinand Ulrik Fredrik Treu
  • 1781-1784: Hans Thode
  • 1784-1792: Morten Jelstrup
  • 1792-1811: Hans Christopher Lund
  • 1812-1820: Carl Reinholdt Schønheyder
  • 1819-1824: Holger Halling Schjødt
  • 1824-1832: Christian Bernstorff Bødtker
  • 1833-1842: Johan Albricht Carl Dons
  • 1843-1852: Christoffer Winther Scheen
  • 1852-1864: Niels Andreas Bjørn
  • 1864-1877: Bertel Langballe Hartmann
  • 1877-1888: Carl Ludvig Møller
  • 1888-1914: Lars Johansen Wormdahl
  • 1915-1918: Olaf Eeg Svendsen
  • 1918-1924: Peder Andersen Toft
  • 1924-1932: Theodor Hesselberg
  • 1933-1940: Lars Tangvik
  • 1941-1952: Johan B. Rian
  • 1952-1960: Ingvald Georg Osnes
  • 1960-1968: Martin Andersen
  • 1969-1977: Hugo Bruun Torbergsen
  • 1977-1983: Atle Hopland
  • 1983-1992: Roald Drønen
  • 1993-2000: Birgitte Bentzrød
  • 2000-2007: Gro Lingjærde
  • 2008-present: Verena Grønning
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See also
  • List of churches in Trøndelag

References
  1. "Leksvik kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  3. Store norske leksikon. "Leksvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-06-01.
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