Namdalseid Church ( no, Namdalseid kirke) is a

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of the

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in Namsos municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the village of Namdalseid, along Norwegian County Road 17. It is the church for the Namdalseid

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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style in 1858 using plans drawn up by the

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Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 350 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the church was likely built during the 14th century. The first church in Namdalseid was probably a stave church and it was located at Elda, about south of the present church site. Around the year 1690, the old church burned down. It was rebuilt around the year 1702. The name of the parish was changed from ''Elda'' to ''Aas'' by a royal resolution on 30 December 1853. At the same time, the parish was authorized to move the church location from Elda to Aas, just outside the village of

Namdalseid Namdalseid is a former municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 2020 when it joined Namsos Municipality. It was part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipal ...

. In 1858, a new church was completed at Aas about to the north of the historic church site at Elda. After the new church was completed, the old church at Elda was torn down. The new church was designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch, and the builder was Rasmus Overrein. The church was

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d on 19 August 1858. A royal resolution from 10 July 1894 changed the name of the parish from Aas to Namdalseid, the name of the municipality in which it was located.

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