Skei Church

Skei Church (Norwegian: Skei kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ogndal. It is the main church for the Ogndal parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1664 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 290 people.[1][2]

Skei Church
Skei kirke
Skei Church
Location of the church
Skei Church
Skei Church (Norway)
64.0198°N 11.6312°E / 64.0198; 11.6312
LocationSteinkjer, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Unknown
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1664
Specifications
Capacity290
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishOgndal
DeaneryStiklestad prosti
DioceseNidaros

History
View of the church (before 1911)

Name Skei suggests that the place may have been a meeting place also in pre-Christian times. Skei means "contest or the event center," which probably suggests something about the use, even if the site is not known as a place of worship.

It is impossible to determine when the first church was built at Skei, but in historical records from 1490 "Skeide Sokn" is mentioned, and Olav Engelbrektsson has in its Domesday Book from the 1530s referred to the farm "church Skeiid". Skei Church is mentioned in connection with the will of the Crown (the King's property) by the Reformation (1536).

In 1725, the church was sold at auction, and the first private owner, Colonel Claus Janus Gedde who also bought Mære Church and Henning Church. Over the next 75 years, the church was owned in turn by Casper Heirich von Westerwald (1735-1772), Andrew Bull (owner for only two days), Jorgen Melbourne Westerfwaldt (1772-1776), Theodore Bergmann Holst (1776-1786), and David Andrew Gram (1786-1803).

In 1803, the local congregation bought the church for 3,150 rigsdalers, and then on 1 January 1901, the local municipality took over the ownership of the church.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Skei kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. "Skei kirke" (in Norwegian). Steinkjerleksikonet. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
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