Lønset Chapel
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Lønset Chapel is a parish church
in the municipality of Oppdal
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. It is located in the village of Lønset
, along the Norwegian National Road 70
. The red, octagonal, wooden building was built in 1863 and it was consecrated on 26 August 1863.
There was previously a church at Lønset just below the present church. It was built from 1772 to 1774. This church was used until 1863. The last worship service there was on Sunday, 19 July 1863. The old church was too small and in 1858 a committee was formed that would work on planning for the new church at Lønset. Two solutions were outlined: a cruciform church designed by John Elliott Storli and an octagonal church designed by Sjur Jamtseter. The committee chose the octagonal design.
The church is part of the parish
of Oppdal
in the Gauldal deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
.
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 Oppdal
Oppdal
is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønset, Vognillan, Fagerhaug, and Holan...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
- References :...
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...
. It is located in the village of Lønset
Lønset
Lønset is a small village in the municipality of Oppdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along Norwegian National Road 70, about west of Vognillan and about west of the municipal center of Oppdal....
, along the Norwegian National Road 70
Norwegian National Road 70
National Road 70 is long and runs between Kristiansund and Oppdal in Norway.The road starts in downtown Kristiansund. It passes an intersection with the terminus of County Road 64, before passing past Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget. The road crosses via the Nordsund Bridge from the island of...
. The red, octagonal, wooden building was built in 1863 and it was consecrated on 26 August 1863.
There was previously a church at Lønset just below the present church. It was built from 1772 to 1774. This church was used until 1863. The last worship service there was on Sunday, 19 July 1863. The old church was too small and in 1858 a committee was formed that would work on planning for the new church at Lønset. Two solutions were outlined: a cruciform church designed by John Elliott Storli and an octagonal church designed by Sjur Jamtseter. The committee chose the octagonal design.
The church is part of the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Oppdal
Oppdal
is a village and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønset, Vognillan, Fagerhaug, and Holan...
in the Gauldal deanery
Deanery
A Deanery is an ecclesiastical entity in both the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residence of a Dean.- Catholic usage :...
in the Diocese of Nidaros
Diocese of Nidaros
Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...
.