Fillan Church
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Fillan church is a parish church
in the municipality of Hitra
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The church is located in the village of Fillan
, which is also the municipal center of Hitra.
The church was consecrated on 16 September 1789, which makes it the oldest existing church on Hitra island. The red church building is made of wood and it was designed by architect Fredrich Bertelsen Ødegaard.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the municipality of Hitra
Hitra
Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The church is located in the village of Fillan
Fillan, Norway
Fillan is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is also the municipal center of the present-day municipality of Hitra. It is located on the northeastern shore of Hitra island, about south of Ansnes...
, which is also the municipal center of Hitra.
The church was consecrated on 16 September 1789, which makes it the oldest existing church on Hitra island. The red church building is made of wood and it was designed by architect Fredrich Bertelsen Ødegaard.