Nerskogen Chapel is a parish church

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 Rennebu

Rennebu

Rennebu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6...

 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...

. It is located in the village of Nerskogen

Nerskogen, Sør-Trøndelag

Nerskogen is a mountain village in the municipality of Rennebu in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located about west of Voll and about north of Vognillan in Oppdal. Nerskogen Chapel is located in the village....

. The church is part of the Rennebu

Rennebu

Rennebu is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Orkdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Berkåk, located along European route E6...

 parish in the Gauldal deanery

Deanery

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 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...

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The church was built in 1962 and it was consecrated on 2 September 1962 by Bishop Tord Godal

Tord Godal

Tord Godal was a Norwegian theologian and bishop for the Diocese of Nidaros. He was decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1969. Godal was also a Freemason....

. The church has about 13 services per year and the building holds about 110 people. The red church building with the black steeple was designed by architect

Architect

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 John Egil Tverdahl.