Strinda Church

Strinda Church
Strinda kirke
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63°24′47″N 10°26′40″E / 63.4131420114°N 10.4443609717°E / 63.4131420114; 10.4443609717
LocationTrondheim, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Moholt kirke
StatusParish church
Founded1900
Consecrated18 Oct 1900
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Lars Solberg and
Johan Christensen
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNeo-Gothic
Completed1900 (124 years ago) (1900)
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseNidaros bispedømme
DeaneryStrinda prosti
ParishStrinda
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85605

Strinda Church (Norwegian: Strinda kirke, historically Moholt kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Strinda area in the city of Trondheim. It is the church for the Strinda parish which is part of the Strinda prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design with a Neo-Gothic style in 1900 using plans drawn up by the architects Lars Solberg and Johan Christensen. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2][3]

History

The church in Strinda was originally built in 1900 to be the new main church for Strinda municipality. The medieval Lade Church had held that position for a long time, but that church was too small for the parish. It was designed by the architects Lars Solberg and Johan Christensen. It was built for about 35,000 kr by the carpenter O.A. Henriksen. The building was consecrated on 18 October 1900. The church was built with a cruciform design, but its interior is set up like that of a long church due to the fairly short transept, hence everyone is sitting facing the same direction whereas in a traditional cruciform design, the people sitting in the transepts are facing each other and the chancel is to their side. Due to a slightly weak construction, the church began creaking loudly during a storm and afterwards when it was windy you were hear it. Around 1922-1923, iron bars were threaded through the church to strengthen the structure and prevent the noise. In 1935, the building was painted a very dark brown color that almost looked black, and this was not well received by the congregation (photo of the dark color). Just after World War II, the church was re-painted white once again.[4][5][6]

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References

  1. ^ "Strinda kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ Rosvold, Knut A., ed. (22 December 2015). "Strinda kirke". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Strinda kirke" (in Norwegian). Strinda historielag. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Strinda kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Strinda kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 June 2021.