Skute Church

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Skute Church
Skute kirke
Skute kirke.jpg
View of the church
60°38′17″N 10°20′05″E / 60.638146229767°N 10.334594249725°E / 60.638146229767; 10.334594249725Coordinates: 60°38′17″N 10°20′05″E / 60.638146229767°N 10.334594249725°E / 60.638146229767; 10.334594249725
LocationSøndre Land, Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1915
Consecrated16 June 1915
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1915 (107 years ago) (1915)
Specifications
Capacity360
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishSkute
DeaneryHadeland og Land prosti
DioceseHamar bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID85485

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]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Skute kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Skute kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Skute kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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