Forsnes Chapel

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Forsnes kapell

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Forsnes Chapel
Forsnes Chapel (Norway)
63°25′49″N8°25′39″E / 63.4303°N 08.4276°E / 63.4303; 08.4276 Coordinates: 63°25′49″N8°25′39″E / 63.4303°N 08.4276°E / 63.4303; 08.4276
Location Hitra, Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Chapel
Functional status Active
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1935
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Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kvenvær
Deanery Orkdal
Diocese Nidaros

Forsnes Chapel (Norwegian : Forsnes kapell) is a parish church in Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Forsnes on the southwestern coast of the island of Hitra. It is one of the churches for the Kvenvær parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti ( deanery ) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1935 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 164 people. The church was built using materials from the Old Kvenvær Church. [1] [2]

Norwegian language North Germanic language spoken in Norway

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties, and some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are hardly mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era.

Parish church church which acts as the religious centre of a parish

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Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag, Norway

Hitra is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and hundreds smaller islands, islets, and skerries. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fillan. Other villages include Andersskogan, Ansnes, Forsnes, Hestvika, Knarrlagsund, Kvenvær, Melandsjøen, Nordbotn, Sandstad, and Ulvan.

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Old Kvenvær Church

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Drawing of the Old Kvenvær Church

The Old Kvenvær Church was built on the small island of Hakkebuøya west of the village of Kvenvær in the mid-15th century. It was used there until 1909 when the new Kvenvær church was built at the village of Kvenvær on the island of Hitra. The Old Kvenvær Church stood unused from 1909 until 1934 when the building was deconstructed and moved to the village of Forsnes where it was rebuilt as the Forsnes Chapel. [3]

Kvenvær Village in Central Norway, Norway

Kvenvær is a fishing village in Hitra municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hitra. It is just south of the Bispøyan islands. The Kvenvær Church is located in the village.

Forsnes Village in Central Norway, Norway

Forsnes is a village in the municipality of Hitra in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the southwestern corner of the island of Hitra, along the Trondheimsleia. It is about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of the village of Kvenvær and about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the village of Sandstad. The mountain Mørkdalstuva lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of Forsnes. The population of the village is about 80.

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References

  1. ↑ "Forsnes kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  3. ↑ "Forsnes kirke" (in Norwegian). Orkdals prosti. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
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