Jøssund Church ( no, Jøssund kirke) is a

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of the

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Ørland Ørland is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. Ørland is located at the southwestern tip of the Fosen peninsula at the northern shore of the mouth of Trondheimsfjord where the Stjørnfjorden arm begins. ...

municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the village of Jøssund, which is located on the coast about halfway between the coastal villages of

Vallersund Vallersund is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about northwest of the village of Jøssund, Bjugn, Jøssund and about northeast of the village of Oksvoll. The Asenvågøy Lighthouse is ...

and

Lysøysundet Lysøysundet is a village in the municipality of Ørland in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located in the northern part of the municipality near the island of Lauvøya and the end of the Åfjorden. It is about northeast of the village ...

. It is the church for the Jøssund

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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 1875, using plans by the

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Otinius Forbrægd. The church seats about 350 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the church was likely built during the 15th century. The first church was built at Jøssund, about southwest of the present church site. Around the year 1660, some new windows were installed in the church. During the 1770s, major repairs to the old church were made. In the 19th century the church was considered too small for the number of people attending it. The debate, however, was not about whether to build a larger church, but rather where to build it. After a long dispute over its location, the church site was moved to Mandal, about to the northeast of the old church site. The new church was built there in 1875 and it was

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d on 27 April 1876 by Bishop

Andreas Grimelund Andreas Grimelund (26 January 1812 – 3 January 1896) was a Norwegian bishop. The son of a farmer in Aker, he graduated as cand.theol. in 1835. He became residing chaplain in Nannestad in 1844 and Ullensaker in 1847. He was a teacher at the the ...

. The building is , with seating for about 350 people. The old church was torn down after the new church was put into use. Nes Church was remodeled in 1950 by the architect

John Egil Tverdahl John Egil Tverdahl (1890 in Trondheim – 1969) was a Norwegian architect. Tverdahl designed many churches as well as led the restoration of several churches that were located in Nordmøre, Trøndelag, and Nordland in northern Norway. Tverdahl ...

and was re-consecrated on 29 May 1953 by Bishop

Arne Fjellbu Arne Fjellbu (19 December 1890 – 9 October 1962) was a Norwegian bishop. During World War II, he played a central role in the Church's resistance against the Nazi authorities. He was bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1945 to 1960. Ear ...

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