Røros Chapel
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Røros Chapel is a chapel
in the municipality of Røros
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The round church building is located in the mining town of Røros
. It was built in 1962 out of stone and concrete by the architect
Erik Guldahl. It has a capacity of 220 people.
The chapel is part of the Røros parish
in the Gauldal deanery
in the Diocese of Nidaros
.
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
in the municipality of Røros
Røros
is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....
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 round church building is located in the mining town of Røros
Røros
is a town and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Gauldalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Røros. Other villages include Brekken, Glåmos, Feragen, Galåa, and Hitterdalen....
. It was built in 1962 out of stone and concrete by the architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Erik Guldahl. It has a capacity of 220 people.
The chapel is part of the Røros 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...
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...
.
See also
- Brekken ChurchBrekken ChurchBrekken Church is a parish church in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Brekken. The church was built in 1878 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan, and it was consecrated on 17 July 1878 by the Bishop Andreas Grimelund...
- Glåmos ChurchGlåmos ChurchGlåmos Church is a parish church in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Glåmos. The wooden church was built in 1926 by the architect Claus Hjelte...
- Hitterdal ChapelHitterdal ChapelHitterdal Chapel is a parish church in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the village of Hitterdalen...
- Røros ChurchRøros ChurchRøros Church is a parish church in the municipality of Røros in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in the mining town of Røros. Røros Church is Norway's fifth largest church, and has about 1600 seats. It is also ranked by Riksantikvaren as one of the ten most important churches...
- List of churches in Sør-Trøndelag