Roan Church

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Roan Parish Church
Roan kirke
Fosen Cathedral
Roan kirke fra RA.jpg
View of the church
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64°10′20″N 10°13′37″E / 64.1722754°N 10.22685259°E / 64.1722754; 10.22685259Coordinates: 64°10′20″N 10°13′37″E / 64.1722754°N 10.22685259°E / 64.1722754; 10.22685259
LocationÅfjord, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Bjørnør kirke
StatusParish church
Founded14th century
Consecrated1702
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Morten Jørgensen Bjørnør
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1702 (319 years ago) (1702)
Specifications
Capacity450
MaterialsStone
Bells2 (1871) and (1899)
Administration
ParishRoan
DeaneryFosen prosti
DioceseNidaros bispedømme
Clergy
RectorRevd Einar Strøm
DeanVery Revd Brita Hardeberg
Deacon(s)Tone Foss
Laity
Director of musicJames Reed
Parish administratorBrit Helen Hoås
SacristanOle Petter Skansen
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85306

Roan Parish Church (also known as: Fosen Cathedral; Norwegian: Roan kirke / Fosenkatedralen) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åfjord municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Roan. It is the church for Roan parish which is part of the Fosen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1702 by the architect Morten Jørgensen Bjørnør. The church seats about 450 people.[1][2][3]

History[]

Side view of the church

The earliest historical record of a church building on this site dates back to the year 1499, but this was not the year of the church's construction. The first church at Roan was a stave church called Bjørnør Church, which was located about 300 metres (980 ft) east of the present church. On 7 February 1690, the old church suffered fire damage and was likely repaired afterwards. By the year 1700, just 10 years later, it was described as being in poor condition and dilapidated, and so in 1702, the present day stone church was built about 300 metres (980 ft) west of the previous church site. In 1884, the nave was extended by 12 metres (39 ft) to the west using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Falck Ebbell and at the same time, a new bell tower was constructed at the west end of the church.[4][5][6]

Election church[]

In 1814, the current church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[7] Together with more than 300 other parish churches throughout Norway, it served as a polling station for Norway's first national elections for the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which was responsible for writing the Constitution of Norway. Each church parish was a constituency which elected people (called "electors") who later met together, in each county, to select the representatives for the assembly which was to meet in Eidsvoll later that same year.[7][8]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Roan kirke (Fosenkatedralen)". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  3. ^ Haugen, Morten, ed. (18 July 2017). "Roan". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Roan (Bjørnør) gamle kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Roan kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Roan kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

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