Støren Church

Støren Church (Norwegian: Støren kirke) is a parish church in Midtre Gauldal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Støren. It is the church for the Støren parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, octagonal, wooden church was built in 1817 by the architect Svend Halvorsen Aspaas and Lars Forseth. The church seats about 400 people. It was built to replace an earlier church that had been built in 1730.[1][2][3]

Støren Church
Støren kirke
View of the church
Støren Church
Location of the church
Støren Church
Støren Church (Norway)
63.0311°N 10.2903°E / 63.0311; 10.2903
LocationMidtre Gauldal, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Svend Halvorsen Aspaas and Lars Forseth
Architectural typeOctagonal
Completed1817
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishStøren
DeaneryGauldal
DioceseNidaros

While Svend Aspaas' role in the design of Støren Church remains unclear since he died in 1816, he has been credited as an architect of this church. Aspaas was involved in the construction of the nearby Røros Church and Sør-Fron Church.[4]

See also

  • List of churches in Trøndelag

References

  1. "Støren kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. "Støren kirke" (in Norwegian). Norske Kirkebygg. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
  4. Hosar, Kåre, ed. (2009-02-13). "Svend Aspaas". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-05-17.


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