Røyrvik Church ( no, Røyrvik kirke) is a

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of the

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Røyrvik Røyrvik ( sma, Raarvihke, sv, Röyrvik) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Røyrvik. The area has always had a strong Sami influen ...

municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the village of Røyrvik. It is the church for the Røyrvik

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

Diocese of Nidaros Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Trøndelag county in Central Norway and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. Since 10 September 2017, the Bishop of Nidaros is Herborg ...

. The white, wooden church was built in a

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style in 1901 using plans drawn up by the

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Olaf Jarl Alstad. The church seats about 180 people.

History

The Norwegian settlers and the local

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in the sparsely populated area received permission in a royal resolution of 16 February 1828 to build an

annex chapel A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ease is deliberately bu ...

for the Røyrvik area. The chapel would fall under the priest of

Grong Church Grong Church ( no, Grong kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grong municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Medjå, on the north side of the river Namsen. It is the church for the Grong parish wh ...

, the main church for the parish. This was while Hans Peter Schnitler Krag (father of road director Hans Hagerup Krag) was the parish priest. No specific architect is listed in any of the existing records from the parish and there is no record of any parish money being spent on the construction. This may mean that the local population built the chapel and all the materials were donated. The chapel was

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d on 11 September 1828. For many years, the chapel was only used during the summer months for worship services. For many years in early July each year, the priest from

would hold a big worship service where there would be many baptisms, weddings, confirmations, and funerals. The local sheriff would also hold meetings and be available to meet with residents during this time as well. In 1896, the

Olaf Jarl Alstad designed plans for a much larger church in Røyrvik. The plans were approved in 1898, but due to funding problems, the new church was not built until 1901. It was built on the same site as the previous chapel which was torn down. The new church was

d on 25 June 1901. In 1926, the church purchased an organ. The new church is a

design with a tower on the west end. A

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was added during some renovations in 1965-1966.

References

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History

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