Dun Church

Dun Church (Norwegian: Dun kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Namsos municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dun in the central part of the island of Jøa. It is the main church for the Fosnes parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1949 by the architect Arne Sørvig. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

Dun Church
Dun kirke
View of the church
Dun Church
Location of the church
Dun Church
Dun Church (Norway)
64.6571°N 11.2615°E / 64.6571; 11.2615
LocationNamsos, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated24 July 1949
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Arne Sørvig
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1949
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishFosnes
DeaneryNamdal prosti
DioceseNidaros

History

For a long time, the church on the island of Jøa was located at Fosnes (along the Fosnavågen bay), where the Fosnes Chapel is now located. That church was at Fosnes from 1250 until 1896 when that church burned down. After that, there was much debate about where the church should be rebuilt. It was determined that the new parish church should be built in the village of Dun, in the middle of the island of Jøa since that was more centrally located for the population. The first church built in the village of Dun was consecrated in 1900. It was shortlived, however, because on 10 July 1944 a lightning strike hit the church and it burned down. The present church was built a few years later in 1949 to replace it. That building was consecrated on 24 July 1949 by the Bishop Arne Fjellbu.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Dun kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (2013-05-23). "Dun". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
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