Åmli Church

Åmli Church (Norwegian: Åmli kyrkje) is a parish church in Åmli municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Åmli. It is the main church for the Åmli parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a neo-gothic style in 1909 to replace the previous church that burned down in 1907. The church seats about 450 people.[1][2][3]

Åmli Church
Åmli kyrkje
View of the church
Åmli Church
Location in of the church
Åmli Church
Åmli Church (Norway)
58.7675°N 08.4878°E / 58.7675; 08.4878
LocationÅmli, Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated18 Nov 1909
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Completed1909
Specifications
Capacity450
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishÅmli
DeaneryAust-Nedenes prosti
DioceseAgder og Telemark

History

There has been a church at Åmli since the middle ages. The first time it is mentioned in existing historical records was in 1378. In 1724, the priest Niels Pedersen purchased all the churches in Åmli prestegjeld when the King put them up for sale. Over the years, the ownership passed between many different people. In 1826, a new cruciform church was built to replace an older church building on the same site and it was consecrated in 1827 by the Bishop Johan Storm Munch. Nearly 50 years later, it was decided to replace the church again because it was in bad shape. The last service in the church was held on 15 March 1885, and shortly after that the church was torn down and replaced with a wooden building by Ludvig Karlsen. That church only lasted until a fire in 1907 when it burned down. A new church was constructed in 1909 on the same location and it still stands today.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Åmli kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  3. Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
  4. Nenseter, Bjarne Karsten (1994). På kirkevandring i Aust-Agder (in Norwegian). Arendal trykkeri. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
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