Valle Church (Valle)

Valle Church (Norwegian: Valle kyrkje) is a parish church in Valle municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valle. The church is part of the Valle og Hyllestad parish in the Otredal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden, cruciform church was built in 1844 by Anders Thorsen Syrtveit using plans by the famous architect Hans Linstow. There have been churches in Valle since the Middle Ages.[1][2]

Valle Church
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59.2096°N 07.5345°E / 59.2096; 07.5345
Location	Valle, Agder
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Anders Thorsen Syrtveit
Style	Cruciform
Completed	1844
Specifications
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Valle og Hyllestad
Deanery	Otredal prosti
Diocese	Agder og Telemark

The main part of the church is 7.6 by 13.9 metres (25 ft × 46 ft) and the choir is 7.6 by 6 metres (25 ft × 20 ft). Altogether with the entrance and the sacristy, the church is 233 square metres (2,510 sq ft). The church seats about 400 people comfortably on the main floor and in the upper gallery. Traditionally, the gallery sat about 150 unmarried people and the main floor sat about 350 married people. The steeple is 22 metres (72 ft) tall.[3]

See also

• List of churches in Aust-Agder

References

1. "Valle kyrkje, Setesdal". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
3. Homme, Knut K., ed. (1994). Kyrkja på Vaddarhaugen: Valle kyrkje i Setesdal 1844-1994 (in Norwegian). Valle sokneråd. ISBN 8299318408.