Foldereid Church

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

64°57′46″N 12°10′43″E / 64.96289798°N 12.178510048°E / 64.96289798; 12.178510048LocationNærøysund, TrøndelagCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFoundedc. 14th centuryConsecrated1864ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Christian Heinrich GroschArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1863 (161 years ago) (1863)SpecificationsCapacity280MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNidaros bispedømmeDeaneryNamdal prostiParishNærøy

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID84174

Foldereid Church (Norwegian: Foldereid kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Foldereid. It is one of the churches for the Nærøy parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1863 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 280 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but it was not new that year. The first church here was built about 125 metres (410 ft) southwest of the present church site and it was likely a stave church that was built in the Middle Ages. Originally, the church was an annex church for the main Nærøy Church and the priest would visit Foldereid approximately once a month. In 1675, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. By the mid-1800s, the old wooden church was found to be too small for the parish, so a new, larger church was built about 125 metres (410 ft) to the northeast (closer to the road). After the new church was consecrated in 1864, the old church was torn down.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Foldereid kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
^ "Foldereid gamle kirkested - Gammelkjerkgården" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Foldereid kirkested / Foldereid kirke 3" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Foldereid kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.