Langangen Church

Langangen Church
Langangen kirke
View of the church
59°05′25″N9°47′35″E / 59.0903442°N 9.7929556°E / 59.0903442; 9.7929556
Location	Porsgrunn Municipality, Telemark
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Langangen kapell
Status	Parish church
Founded	1891
Consecrated	23 March 1891
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Haldor Børve
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1891(133 years ago) (1891)
Specifications
Capacity	150
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Agder og Telemark
Deanery	Skien prosti
Parish	Eidanger
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	84895

Langangen Church (Norwegian : Langangen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Porsgrunn Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Langangen. It is one of the churches for the Eidanger parish which is part of the Skien prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1891 using plans drawn up by the architect Haldor Larsen Børve. The church seats about 150 people. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Historically, Langangen was quite isolated and the road to Eidanger Church was long. There was a desire among the local population for their own church. In the late-1800s, the family of the late shipowner Christen Knudsen provided funds for the construction of an annex chapel in exchange for the municipality agreeing to be responsible for its ongoing maintenance. The municipality agreed and land from the Nedre Kokkersvold farm was given free of charge for the use of the new chapel. The site is located on a hill in the countryside with a great view over the fjord. The new Langangen Chapel was designed by Haldor Børve. It was one of his first churches that he designed (he went on to design a number of other churches in Telemark and elsewhere). The chapel was built in 1890-1891. Langangen Chapel was designed as a neo-Gothic wooden long church with around 150 seats. The structure is classical with a bell tower at the entrance with a church porch at the foot of the tower and surrounded by a stairwell, a rectangular nave, and a smaller, rectangular choir with a sacristy next to it. The new building was consecrated on 23 March 1891. During the 1960s, the church structure was compromised by old house borer beetles which were eating away the wooden structure, to the degree that they considered tearing down the church and rebuilding. Instead, they opted to repair the building which was completed by 1968. Later, the chapel was upgraded to the status of parish church and it was re-titled as Langangen Church. ^{[3] [4]}

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See also

• List of churches in Agder og Telemark

References

1. "Langangen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. "Langangen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage . Retrieved 28 December 2022.
4. "Langangen kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 December 2022.