Froan Chapel ( no, Froan kapell) is a

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of the

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in Frøya municipality in

Trøndelag Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...

county,

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. It is located on the island of Sauøy in the

Froan Froan or Froøyene is a populated archipelago of small, rocky islands in the municipality of Frøya in Trøndelag county, Norway. Froan consists of several hundred islands and islets that lie in the sea about west of the Fosen peninsula. The i ...

islands. It is one of several churches for the Frøya

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which is part of the

Orkdal prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1904 using plans drawn up by the

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. The church seats about 180 people.

History

By the 1890s, the people of the

islands were requesting their own church. The nearest church was Sletta Church, about across the ocean which was a long journey. The small island of Sauøya, in the northeastern part of the archipelago, was chosen for the site of the new chapel. It was built in 1904 using plans by

. The church was built to hold about 180 people because at the beginning of the 20th century, the islands were heavily populated. Originally, the chapel was scheuled to have five worship services each year.

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instruction was held here beginning in 1906. By the start of the 21st century, the islands of Froan only have a few dozen residents, so the chapel is used less frequently.

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