Skorovatn Chapel ( no, Skorovatn kapell) is a

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of the

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Namsskogan Namsskogan is a municipality in Trøndelag, Norway. Namsskogan is located in the upper part of the long Namdalen valley region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Namsskogan. Other villages in the municipality inclu ...

municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the old mining village of

Skorovatn Skorovatn is a village in the municipality of Namsskogan in Trøndelag county, Norway. The old Skorovas Gruber mine is here, but it closed in 1984. Skorovatn is located right on the border with the municipality of Røyrvik, just south of the la ...

. It is one of three churches for the Namsskogan

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The brown, wooden church with a red roof was built in a

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style in 1965 using plans drawn up by the

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Arne Aursand. The church seats about 170 people.

History

The church was built in 1965 to serve the mining village of

. The church construction was financed by

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and the municipality. The church was

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d on 5 September 1965 by the Bishop

Tord Godal Tord Godal (27 June 1909 – 27 February 2002) was a Norwegian theologian and bishop for the Diocese of Nidaros. He was decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1969. Godal was also a Freemason. Godal was born on 27 ...

. The local mine closed in 1984, so since then, there are only a few residents left in the area, so the chapel is not used as regularly as it used to. It is also occasionally used for concerts.

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History

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