Selbustrand Church ( no, Selbustrand 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 Selbu municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of

Selbustrand Selbustrand is a village in the municipality of Selbu in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located about across the lake Selbusjøen from the municipal center of Mebonden Mebonden or Mebond is the administrative centre of the municipality of S ...

. It is one of the churches for the Selbu parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (

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 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

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 ...

style in 1901 using plans drawn up by the architect Olaf Jarl Alstad. The church seats about 300 people.

History

The chapel at Selbustrand was built in 1901. It was the first church in the village. Later it was upgraded to the status of parish church.

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History

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