Salen Chapel ( no, Salen kapell) is a

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of the

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Namsos ( sma, Nåavmesjenjaelmie) is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Namsos. Some of the villages in the municipality include Bangsund, Kl ...

municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Salsnes Salsnes is a village in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the mainland of Fosnes on a small isthmus of land between the Foldafjord and the lake Salsvatnet. Salen Chapel Salen Chapel ( no, Salen kapell) is ...

, on the shores of the lake

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. It is one of the churches for the Fosnes

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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 1953 using plans drawn up by the

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Arne Sørvig. The church seats about 204 people.

History

The parish of Fosnes was served by the Fosnes Church for centuries until 1896 when it burned down. At that time, it was decided to build two new churches to replace it, but neither would be built on the site of the old church. The old Fosnes Church was rebuilt about southwest of the old church site on the island of

Jøa Jøa is an island in the municipality of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island lies on the south side of the Foldafjord, between the mainland and the islands of Otterøya and Elvalandet. The island is partially forested, with the sou ...

and a brand new chapel was built at Salsnes on the mainland and it was named ''Salen kapell''. The new chapel was designed by

Ole Scheistrøen Ole Olsen Scheistrøen (16 August 1833 – 4 February 1921) was a Norwegian architect and builder. Scheistrøen had no formal architectural education and he, in fact, referred to himself as a builder and not an architect. However, he designe ...

and it was completed and

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in 1900. The chapel was destroyed during

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and then afterwards in 1953, the present church was built on the same site. It was

d in June 1953.

References

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History

See also

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