Støle Church

Støle Church
Støle kirke
View of the church
Map
58°49′12″N 9°22′34″E / 58.8200384°N 9.376155°E / 58.8200384; 9.376155
LocationKragerø Municipality,
Telemark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1892
Consecrated6 Sept 1892
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Adolf Schirmer
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1892 (133 years ago) (1892)
Specifications
Capacity215
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryBamble prosti
ParishLevangsheia
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID84296

Støle Church (Norwegian: Støle kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kragerø Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Støle. It is the church for the Levangsheia parish which is part of the Bamble prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1892 using plans drawn up by the architect Adolf Schirmer. The church seats about 215 people.[1][2][3]

History

In 1888, the people living in the Levangsheia area requested that an annex chapel be built so they could have a place closer to them, but this request was rejected. The people raised money on their own and persuaded a member of the Storting to support the idea, so the matter was finally approved. The new chapel was designed by Adolf Schirmer and it was built in 1892. The new building was consecrated on 6 September 1892 by the bishop. Originally, it was named Levangsheien Chapel. In the late 1900s, the chapel was upgraded to a parish church and it was renamed Støle Church.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Støle kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry. Våre kirker: Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær, Norge: Vanebo forlag. p. 503. ISBN 8275270227. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Levangsheia kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Støle kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 December 2022.