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Grindheim Church
Grindheim Church
Grindheim kirke
	View of the church
	58°26′15″N 7°25′00″E / 58.437528°N 07.416756°E
Location	Lyngdal Municipality,; Agder
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	14th century
Consecrated	1783
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Cruciform
Completed	1783; 242 years ago
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Agder og Telemark
Deanery	Lister og Mandal prosti
Parish	Grindheim
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84425

Grindheim Church (Norwegian: Grindheim kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lyngdal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Grindheim. It is the church for the Grindheim parish which is part of the Lister og Mandal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1783 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1425, but the church was not new that year. The old medieval church was torn down in 1783 and replaced with a new building on the same site.^[3] In 1791, the church interior was decorated with rosemåling by Tore Asbjørnson Risøyne. In 1898, the decorations were painted over, because it was felt that the congregation spent too much time looking at them during services. In 1941, the decorations were uncovered as part of a major restoration project.^[4]

References

^ "Grindheim kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Grindheim kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Grindheim Church". VisitSørlandet.com. Retrieved 29 December 2020.