Østerhus Church () is a

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of the

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Grimstad Municipality Grimstad () is a municipality in Agder county, Norway. It belongs to the geographical region of Sørlandet. The administrative center of the municipality is the town of Grimstad. Some of the villages in Grimstad include Eide, Espenes, Fevik, ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Østerhus Østerhus is a village in Grimstad municipality in Agder county, Norway. The village is located near the Skaggerak The Skagerrak (; , , ) is a strait running between the North Jutlandic Island of Denmark, the east coast of Norway and the west ...

. It is an annex chapel in the Landvik

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which is part of the Vest-Nedenes prosti (

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) in the

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. The small concrete and wood chapel was built in a

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style in 1980 using designs by the

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. The chapel seats about 150 people.

History

Østerhus Church is located in an area of Grimstad that was developed in the early 1980s. The church shares a building with a

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. The kindergarten, which is located on the main floor and is run by the congregation, was ready for use in the building in 1982, while the lower floor was finished later. The new church on the lower level was

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d for church use on 10 November 1985. The church has a

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that was given as a gift by Landvik Church. Landvik Church had used it from 1879 until 1955 when it was no longer used after Landvik's old medieval baptismal font was restored and put into use again. Østerhus Church was originally run by a foundation, but its ownership was handed over to the Landvik parish council in 2002. Typically, this church holds worship services every other Sunday except during the summer months.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oesterhus Church Grimstad Churches in Agder 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1982 1985 establishments in Norway

History

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