Røyrvik Church () is a

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of the

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Røyrvik Municipality or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Røyrvik (village), village of ...

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. It is located in the village of Røyrvik. It is the church for the Røyrvik

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which is part of the Namdal prosti (

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1901 using plans drawn up by the

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Olaf Jarl Alstad. The church seats about 180 people.

History

The Norwegian settlers and the local

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in the sparsely populated area received permission in a royal resolution of 16 February 1828 to build an annex chapel for the Røyrvik area. The chapel would fall under the priest of Grong Church, the main church for the parish. This was while Hans Peter Schnitler Krag (father of road director Hans Hagerup Krag) was the parish priest. No specific architect is listed in any of the existing records from the parish and there is no record of any parish money being spent on the construction. This may mean that the local population built the chapel and all the materials were donated. The chapel was

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d on 11 September 1828. For many years, the chapel was only used during the summer months for worship services. For many years in early July each year, the priest from Grong Church would hold a big worship service where there would be many baptisms, weddings, confirmations, and funerals. The local sheriff would also hold meetings and be available to meet with residents during this time as well. In 1896, the

Olaf Jarl Alstad designed plans for a much larger church in Røyrvik. The plans were approved in 1898, but due to funding problems, the new church was not built until 1901. It was built on the same site as the previous chapel which was torn down. The new church was

d on 25 June 1901. In 1926, the church purchased an organ. The new church is a long church design with a tower on the west end. A

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was added during some renovations in 1965-1966.

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History

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