Berg Church ( no, Berg kirke) is a

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of the Church of Norway in

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municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the Berg area in the city of Trondheim. It is the church for the Berg

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which is part of the

Strinda prosti This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros which covers all of Trøndelag county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery in the diocese. Administrati ...

( deanery) in the

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. The red, brick church was built in a long church style in 1972 using plans drawn up by the

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s Tycho Castberg, Nils Lien, and Sverre Risan. The church seats about 250 people.

History

The Berg Church Association was founded in 1937 with the aim of building a church building at Berg in Trondheim. The initiator and first leader was the rector Tycho Castberg, who according to the congregation also drew a draft for the church building. After the money was raised, the architecture firm of Lien & Risan was hired. The church was consecrated on 19 March 1972 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 2 ...

. The church was originally named . The church was expanded in 1981–1982 and it also got a new bell tower in 1991. In 1995, Berg became its own parish at that time, the church was renamed simply .

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{{use dmy dates, date=June 2021 Churches in Trondheim Churches in Trøndelag Long churches in Norway Brick churches in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1972 1972 establishments in Norway

History

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