Skute Church
Skute Church | |
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Skute kirke | |
60°38′17″N 10°20′05″E / 60.638146229767°N 10.334594249725°ECoordinates: 60°38′17″N 10°20′05″E / 60.638146229767°N 10.334594249725°E | |
Location | Søndre Land, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1915 |
Consecrated | 16 June 1915 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1915 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 360 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Skute |
Deanery | Hadeland og Land prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Protected |
ID | 85485 |
Skute Church (Norwegian: Skute kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Søndre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Skute parish which is part of the Hadeland og Land prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1915 using plans drawn up by the architect . The church seats about 360 people.[1][2]
History[]
In the early 20th century, planning began for a church in Søndre Land on the west side of the Randsfjorden. was hired to design the new church. Peder Skute donated the land on which the church was built. It was built as a long church in a style that mimics the designs of the medieval stave churches in Norway. The new building was consecrated by Bishop on 16 June 1915. The church received electric lighting in 1923 and electric heating in 1955.[3][4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Skute kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Skute kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Skute kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- Søndre Land
- Churches in Innlandet
- Long churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1915
- 1915 establishments in Norway