Flora_Chapel

Flora Chapel

Flora Chapel

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Flora Chapel (Norwegian: Flora kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Selbu municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flora. It is one of the churches for the Selbu parish which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1936 using plans drawn up by the architects Anton Kjelstad and Ivar Grylland. The church seats about 140 people.[1][2]

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History

The first church in Flora was built in 1936. It is a small long church with a hipped roof over the nave. There is a small onion dome on the roof above the nave. The altarpiece has a crucifixion picture painted by Anton Kjeldstad in 1936. The pulpit was made by John Renå and the baptismal font by Olav Engen. Two bells in the tower were cast by Olsen & Søn in 1936, and the organ was built by Brødrene Torkildsen in 1959.[3][4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Flora kapell, Selbu". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Flora kapell" (in Norwegian). KirkeNorge.no. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Flora kapell". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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