Bjugn Church

Bjugn Church
Bjugn kirke

View of the church
Bjugn Church
Location in Sør-Trøndelag
Location Sør-Trøndelag
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Founded 1956
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) John Egil Tverdahl
Specifications
Capacity 360
Administration
Parish Bjugn
Deanery Fosen
Diocese Diocese of Nidaros

Bjugn Church (Norwegian: Bjugn kirke) is a church in the municipality of Bjugn in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located along the Bjugnfjorden about 5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Botngård.[1]

The cruciform church was built in 1956 after the previous building burned in a a fire in 1952. The church is a copy of the church that was built there in 1637.[2]

It is part of the Bjugn parish in the Fosen deanery which is a part of the Diocese of Nidaros.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bjugn" (in Norwegian). yr.no. http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/S%C3%B8r-Tr%C3%B8ndelag/Bjugn/Bjugn~221551/. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Bjugn" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Bjugn. Retrieved 2011-01-10. 
  3. ^ "Bjugn kirkelige fellesråd" (in Norwegian). Den norske kirke. http://www.kirken.no/?event=showCouncils&pFellesId=f1627. Retrieved 2011-01-10.