List of churches in Nidaros

Map of the Church of Norway deaneries in the Diocese of Nidaros. Each municipality belongs to a deanery except for Trondheim municipality is divided over three deaneries due to its large population.

This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti) in the diocese.

Administratively within each deanery, the churches are divided by municipalities which have their own church council (fellesråd) and then into parishes (sokn) which have their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish may have one or more congregations in it. The municipality of Trondheim includes several deaneries within the municipality due to its large population.^[1]

Historically, the diocese has had many deaneries, but the number of deaneries has been reduced in recent years. In 1995, the old was merged with Orkdal prosti and on the same date the old Nord-Fosen prosti was renamed simply Fosen prosti. On 1 July 2015, the , which included the municipalities of Leka, Vikna, and Nærøy, was merged with the Namdal prosti. On 1 January 2020, the old Nord-Innherad prosti and Sør-Innherad prosti were merged to form the new Stiklestad prosti.

Nidaros domprosti[]

The Nidaros arch-deanery covers the urban city centre of the city of Trondheim, along the Trondheimsfjorden in Trondheim Municipality. The Nidaros Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros as well as the Dean of the deanery. This arch-deanery is divided into three parishes with a total of five churches.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Trondheim	Nidaros Domkirke og Vår Frue	Nidaros Cathedral	Trondheim	1070–1300
	Nidaros Domkirke og Vår Frue	Vår Frue Church	Trondheim	1200
	Bakklandet og Lademoen	Bakke Church	Trondheim	1715
	Bakklandet og Lademoen	Lademoen Church	Lademoen	1905
	Lade	Lade Church	Lade	1190

Fosen prosti[]

This deanery covers the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county. The area lies between the Norwegian Sea and Trondheim Fjord. It includes the municipalities of Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, and Indre Fosen. The deanery is divided up into 14 parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Stadsbygd Church in the village of Stadsbygd in Indre Fosen Municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Indre Fosen	Hasselvika	Hasselvika Church	Hasselvika	1951
	Leksvik	Leksvik Church	Leksvik	1670
	Rissa	Fines Church	Verrabotn	1913
		Rissa Church	Leira	1888
		Rein Church		1932
	Stadsbygd	Stadsbygd Church	Stadsbygd	1842
	Stranda	Stranda Church	Vanvikan	1897
	Sør-Stjørna	Frengen Church		1972
	Sør-Stjørna	Ramsvik Church	Råkvåg	1909
Osen	Osen	Osen Church	Steinsdalen	1877
Osen	Osen		Seter	1969
Ørland	Bjugn	Bjugn Church	Bjugn	1956
	Bjugn	Heggvik Church	Høybakken	1858
	Jøssund	Jøssund Church	Jøssund	1875
	Nes	Nes Church	Nes	1878
	Nes	Tarva Chapel	Tarva	1972
	Ørland	Ørland Church	Brekstad	1342
	Ørland	Storfosna Church	Storfosna	1915
Åfjord	Roan	Roan Church	Roan	1702
	Åfjord	Åfjord Church	Årnes	1879
	Stoksund	Stoksund Church	Revsnes	1825

Gauldal prosti[]

This deanery covers the Gauldalen valley and surrounding areas in southern Trøndelag county. It includes the municipalities of Holtålen, Melhus, Midtre Gauldal, Oppdal, Rennebu, and Røros. The deanery is headquartered at Støren Church in the village of Støren in Midtre Gauldal municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Holtålen	Haltdalen	Haltdalen Church	Haltdalen	1881
		Haltdalen Stave Church	Haltdalen **Moved to a museum in Trondheim	1170
		Aunegrenda Chapel	Aunegrenda	1952
	Hessdalen	Hessdalen Church	Hessdalen	1940
	Ålen	Ålen Church	Renbygda	1881
Melhus	Flå	Flå Church	Ler	1794
	Horg	Horg Church	Lundamo	1892
	Hølonda	Hølonda Church		1848
	Melhus	Melhus Church	Storsand	1892
Midtre Gauldal	Budal	Budal Church	Enodden	1754
	Singsås	Singsås Church	Singsås	1884
	Soknedal	Soknedal Church	Soknedal	1933
	Støren	Støren Church	Støren	1817
Oppdal	Fagerhaug	Fagerhaug Church	Fagerhaug	1921
	Lønset	Lønset Church	Lønset	1863
	Oppdal	Oppdal Church	Oppdal	1651
	Oppdal	St. Mikael's Chapel	Drivdalen	2012
Rennebu	Berkåk	Berkåk Church	Berkåk	1878
	Innset	Innset Church	Innset	2000
	Rennebu	Rennebu Church	Voll	1669
	Rennebu	Nerskogen Chapel	Nerskogen	1962
Røros	Røros	Røros Church	Røros	1784
	Røros	Røros Chapel	Røros	1962
	Brekken	Brekken Church	Brekken	1878
	Glåmos	Glåmos Church	Glåmos	1926
	Hitterdalen	Hitterdal Chapel	Hitterdalen	1959

Heimdal og Byåsen prosti[]

This deanery covers the southern and western areas of Trondheim Municipality. The deanery is divided up into eight parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Heimdal Church in the village of Heimdal in Trondheim Municipality. The deanery was established on 1 October 2017 when the old Byåsen deanery was merged with the Heimdal deanery.^[2] The deanery includes nine parishes.

The old Byåsen deanery covered the western part of the city centre of Trondheim. The Dean of the old deanery of Byåsen was headquartered at the Byåsen Church in the Byåsen area of Trondheim. Byåsen deanery was created in 2004 when the Byåsen and Sverresborg parishes from the Heimdal prosti and the Ilen parish from Nidaros domprosti were moved to the new deanery.^[3]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Trondheim	Byneset og Leinstrand	Byneset Church	Byneset	1180
	Byneset og Leinstrand	Leinstrand Church	Leinstrand	1673
	Byåsen	Byåsen Church	Byåsen	1974
	Heimdal	Heimdal Church	Heimdal	1960
	Ilen	Ilen Church	Ila	1889
	Klæbu	Klæbu Church	Klæbu	1790
	Klæbu	Vassfjell Chapel	Vassfjellet	1974
	Kolstad	Kolstad Church		1986
	Sverresborg	Havstein Church	Sverresborg	1857
	Sverresborg	Sverresborg Church	Sverresborg	2014
	Tiller	Tiller Church	Tiller	1901

Namdal prosti[]

This deanery covers the vast northern part of Trøndelag county, covering the municipalities of Lierne, Røyrvik, Namsskogan, Grong, Høylandet, Overhalla, Namsos, Flatanger, Nærøysund, and Leka. Those municipalities are further divided up into 17 parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Namsos Church in the town of Namsos in Namsos Municipality.

On 1 July 2015, the old Nærøy prosti (which included all the churches in Nærøy, Leka, and Vikna municipalities) was merged into Namdal prosti.^[4] On 1 January 2020, the churches in the old municipality of Namdalseid were moved to Namdal deanery when the municipality merged into Namsos.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Flatanger	Flatanger	Løvøy Church	Løvøya	1871
Flatanger	Flatanger	Vik Church	Vik	1873
Grong	Grong	Grong Church	Medjå	1877
	Harran	Gløshaug Church	Gartland	1689
	Harran	Harran Church	Harran	1874
Høylandet	Høylandet	Drageid Church	Vassbotna	1976
		Høylandet Church	Høylandet	1860
		Kongsmo Chapel	Kongsmoen	1937
Leka	Leka	Leka Church	Leknes	1867
Lierne	Nordli	Nordli Church	Sandvika	1873
	Nordli	Tunnsjø Chapel	Tunnsjø senter	1873
	Sørli	Sørli Church	Mebygda	1876
Namsos	Fosnes	Dun Church	Dun	1949
		Fosnes Chapel	Fosnes	1926
		Lund Chapel	Lund	1965
		Salen Chapel	Salsnes	1953
	Klinga	Klinga Church	Klinga	1866
	Namdalseid	Namdalseid Church	Namdalseid	1858
	Namsos	Namsos Church	Namsos	1960
	Otterøy	Otterøy Church	Otterøya	1858
	Statland	Statland Church	Statland	1992
	Vemundvik	Vemundvik Church	Vemundvik	1875
Namsskogan	Namsskogan	Trones Church	Trones	1832
		Bjørhusdal Church	Namsskogan	1970
		Skorovatn Chapel	Skorovatn	1965
Nærøysund	Nærøy	Foldereid Church	Foldereid	1863
		Gravvik Church	Gravvik	1875
		Kolvereid Church	Kolvereid	1874
		Lundring Church	Nærøy	1885
		Salsbruket Chapel	Salsbruket	1950
		Steine Chapel	Steine	1911
		Torstad Chapel	Torstad	1936
	Vikna	Garstad Church	Garstad	1856
		Rørvik Church	Rørvik	1896
		Valøy Chapel	Valøya	1972
Overhalla	Overhalla	Ranem Church	Ranemsletta	1187
Overhalla	Overhalla	Skage Church	Skage	1903
Røyrvik	Røyrvik	Røyrvik Church	Røyrvik	1828

Orkdal prosti[]

This deanery covers the southwestern coastal part of Trøndelag county. The deanery covers the municipalities of Frøya, Heim, Hitra, Orkland, Skaun, and Rindal. The deanery is headquartered at Orkdal Church in the village of Fannrem in Orkland Municipality. In 2020, Rindal Municipality was moved to this deanery from the Diocese of Møre after the municipality changed counties in 2019.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Frøya	Frøya	Hallaren Church		1881
		Sletta Church	Nord-Frøya	1990
		Froan Chapel	Froan	1904
		Måøy Chapel	Mausund	1939
		Sula Chapel	Sula	1925
		Titran Chapel	Titran	1873
Heim	Halsa	Halsa Church	Halsanaustan	1734
	Halsa	Valsøyfjord Church	Valsøyfjord	1864
	Heim	Heim Church	Heim	1883
	Hemne	Hemne Church	Kyrksæterøra	1817
	Vinje	Vinje Church	Vinjeøra	1824
Hitra	Hitra og Fillan	Hitra Church	Melandsjøen	1927
		Dolm Church	Dolmøya	1188
		Fillan Church	Fillan	1789
		Nordbotn Church	Nordbotn	1900
	Kvenvær og Sandstad	Kvenvær Church	Kvenvær	1909
		Forsnes Chapel	Forsnes	1935
		Sandstad Church	Sandstad	1888
Orkland	Agdenes	Agdenes Church	Vernes	1857
		Lensvik Church	Lensvik	1863
		Ingdalen Chapel	Ingdalen	1960
	Geitastrand	Geitastrand Church	Geitastrand	1859
	Løkken	Løkken Church	Bjørnli	1929
	Orkanger	Orkanger Church	Orkanger	1892
	Orkdal	Orkdal Church	Fannrem	1893
	Orkdal	Søvasskjølen Church		1981
	Orkland	Moe Church	Vormstad	1867
	Meldal	Meldal Church	Meldal	1988
	Snillfjord	Snillfjord Church	Krokstadøra	1898
Rindal	Rindal	Rindal Church	Rindal	1874
Rindal	Rindal	Øvre Rindal Chapel	Tiset	1911
Skaun	Skaun	Skaun Church	Skaun	1183
	Buvik	Buvik Church	Buvika	1819
	Børsa	Børsa Church	Børsa	1857

Stiklestad prosti[]

This deanery covers the Innherad district in central Trøndelag county. The deanery includes the municipalities of Snåsa, Steinkjer, Inderøy, Verdal, Levanger, and Frosta. The deanery is headquartered at Stiklestad Church in the village of Stiklestad in Verdal Municipality. The deanery was established on 1 January 2020 when the old Nord-Innherad and Sør-Innherad deaneries were merged.

The old Sør-Innherad deanery included Verdal, Levanger, and Frosta municipalities and Nord-Innherad deanery included Snåsa, Steinkjer, and Inderøy, Verran (now part of Steinkjer), and Namdalseid municipalities. Namdalseid was merged into Namsos and so it joined the Namdal prosti in 2020. Sør-Innherad deanery was based at Stiklestad, just like the new Stiklestad deanery. The old Nord-Innherad deanery was headquartered at Steinkjer Church in the town of Steinkjer in Steinkjer Municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Inderøy	Inderøy	Sakshaug Church	Straumen	1871
	Inderøy	Old Sakshaug Church	Sakshaug	c. 1150
	Røra	Salberg Church	Røra	1715
	Sandvollan	Heggstad Church	Sandvollan	1887
	Sandvollan	Hustad Church	Gangstad	1150
	Mosvik	Mosvik Church	Mosvik	1884
	Mosvik	Vestvik Church	Framverran	1905
Snåsa	Snåsa	Snåsa Church	Snåsa	1200
Steinkjer	Beitstad	Beitstad Church	Beitstad	1869
	Beitstad	Bartnes Church	Bartnes	1960
	Egge	Egge Church	Egge in Steinkjer	1767
	Følling	Følling Church	Følling	1726
	Henning	Henning Church	Vekre	1872
	Kvam	Kvam Church	Kvam	1878
	Malm	Malm Church	Malm	1885
	Malm	Sela Church	Sela	1997
	Mære	Mære Church	Mære	c. 1150
	Ogndal	Skei Church	Ogndal	1664
	Ogndal	Bodom Church		1905
	Steinkjer	Steinkjer Church	Steinkjer	1965
	Stod	For Church	Stod	1846
	Verran	Follafoss Church	Follafoss	1954
Frosta	Frosta	Frosta Church	Frosta	1866
Frosta	Frosta	Logtun Church (Historic church)	Logtun	1500s
Levanger	Alstadhaug	Alstadhaug Church	Alstadhaug	1180
	Ekne	Ekne Church	Ekne	1893
	Levanger	Levanger Church	Levanger	1902
	Levanger	Bamberg Church	Levanger	1998
	Markabygd	Markabygda Church	Markabygd	1887
	Okkenhaug	Okkenhaug Chapel	Okkenhaug	1893
	Ytterøy	Ytterøy Church	Ytterøy	1890
	Åsen	Åsen Church	Åsen	1904
Verdal	Stiklestad	Stiklestad Church	Stiklestad	1180
	Stiklestad	Verdalsøra Chapel	Verdalsøra	1969
	Vera og Vuku	Vera Church	Vera	1899
	Vera og Vuku	Vuku Church	Vuku	1655
	Vinne	Vinne Church	Vinne	1817

Stjørdal prosti[]

This deanery covers the traditional district of Stjørdalen in eastern Trøndelag county. The deanery includes the municipalities of Stjørdal, Meråker, Malvik, Selbu, and Tydal. The deanery is headquartered at Værnes Church in the village of Prestmoen, just south of Stjørdalshalsen in Stjørdal municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Malvik	Hommelvik	Hommelvik Church	Hommelvik	1886
	Hommelvik	Mostadmark Chapel	Sneisen	1986
	Malvik	Malvik Church	Malvik	1846
Meråker	Meråker	Meråker Church	Meråker	1874
		Kopperå Chapel	Kopperå	1936
		Stordalen Chapel	Stordalen	1863
Selbu	Selbu	Selbu Church	Mebonden	1150
		Selbustrand Church	Selbustrand	1901
		Flora Chapel	Flora	1936
Stjørdal	Hegra	Hegra Church	Hegra	1783
		Flora Chapel	Flornes	1902
		Okkelberg Chapel	Skjelstadmarka	1905
	Lånke	Lånke Church	Lånke	1899
	Lånke	Elvran Church	Elvran	1893
	Skatval	Skatval Church	Skatval	1901
	Stjørdal	Værnes Church	Prestmoen	1100
Tydal	Tydal	Tydal Church	Aunet	1696
Tydal	Tydal	Stugudal Chapel	Stugudalen	1957

Strinda prosti[]

This deanery covers the eastern part of the municipality of Trondheim; containing a total of five parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Strinda Church in the village of Strinda.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Trondheim	Berg	Berg Church	Berg	1972
	Nidelven	Bratsberg Church	Bratsberg	1850
		Hoeggen Church	Lerkendal	1997
		Tempe Church	Lerkendal	1960
	Ranheim og Charlottenlund	Ranheim Church	Ranheim	1933
	Ranheim og Charlottenlund	Charlottenlund Church		1973
	Strinda	Strinda Church	Strinda	1900
	Strindheim	Strindheim Church	Strindheim	1979

References[]

^ "Nidaros bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
^ "51/17 Sammenslåing av Heimdal og Byåsen prostier". Møteprotokoll: Nidaros Bispedømmeråd 2016-2019 (PDF). Nidaros bispedømmeråd. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
^ "Byåsen prosti" (in Norwegian). StrindaHistorielag. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
^ "Nærøy og Namdal blir ett prosti" (in Norwegian). Kirken.no. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2016-08-07.

[1] "Nidaros bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 2011-02-05.

[2] "51/17 Sammenslåing av Heimdal og Byåsen prostier". Møteprotokoll: Nidaros Bispedømmeråd 2016-2019 (PDF). Nidaros bispedømmeråd. Retrieved 2018-03-14.

[3] "Byåsen prosti" (in Norwegian). StrindaHistorielag. Retrieved 2018-01-14.

[4] "Nærøy og Namdal blir ett prosti" (in Norwegian). Kirken.no. 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2016-08-07.

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