Hallaren Church ( no, Hallaren kirke) is a
parish church of the
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...
in
Frøya municipality in
Trøndelag county,
Norway. It is located in the village of
Storhallaren on the southern coast of the island of
Frøya. It is one of several churches for the Frøya
parish, 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 ...
(
deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...
) in the
Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a
long church
Church building in Norway began when Christianity was established there around the year 1000. The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is inconclusive. For instance under Urnes Stave C ...
design in 1881 using plans drawn up by the
architect Henrik Nissen. The church seats about 400 people.
History
On 1 January 1877, the new municipality of
Frøya was established. Nearly one year later on 15 December 1877, the municipality was divided into two church parishes with
Sletta Church becoming the main church for the new Nord-Frøya parish and plans for a new church for the southern Sør-Frøya parish began soon after. The new church was built at
Storhallaren in 1881 and it was
consecrated
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on 15 September 1881. The
architect Henrik Nissen was hired by both parishes to build new churches. He built a new Sletta Church in 1880 followed by the new Hallaren Church in 1881. Kristian Hovde was the lead builder for the new church. The new church has a rectangular
nave with a
chancel on the east end that has a
sacristy
A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records.
The sacristy is usually located ...
on the north and south sides of the chancel. On the west end of the building is a
church porch with a large tower above it.
See also
*
List of churches in Nidaros
References
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Frøya, Trøndelag
Churches in Trøndelag
Long churches in Norway
Wooden churches in Norway
19th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1881
1881 establishments in Norway