Steine Chapel Explained

Steine Chapel
Fullname:Steine kapell
Coordinates:64.755°N 11.3057°W
Location:Nærøysund, Trøndelag
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Nidaros bispedømme
Parish:Nærøy
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1911
Consecrated Date:14 Dec 1911
Architect:Ole Scheistrøen
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Wood
Capacity:300

Steine Chapel (Norwegian: Steine kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Steine. 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 1911 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Scheistrøen. The church seats about 300 people.[1] [2]

History

On 6 July 1905, permission was granted to build a cemetery on Steine. This new cemetery was consecrated by the parish priest on 8 September 1907. Then a royal resolution from 9 December 1910 granted permission to build a chapel on the site using designs Ole Scheistrøen. The chapel was built by Tobias Faksdal in the summer of 1911 and it was then consecrated by the bishop on 14 December 1911.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steine kapell . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen . 2018-04-29.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian . 2018-04-29.
  3. Web site: Steine kapell . 2021-05-02 . Norges-Kirker.no . Norwegian.