Storfosna Church 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 Ørland

Ørland

Ørland is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brekstad. Other villages include Uthaug, Opphaug, and Ottersbo...

 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 on the island of Storfosna

Storfosna

Storfosna is a populated island in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located between Kråkvåg and Garten at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord. The traditional district of Fosen is named after this island...

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The church was built in 1913 to hold up to 150 people. The architect

Architect

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 Johan Kunig designed the building. The church has about 12 scheduled Sunday worship services per year.

The church is part of the Ørland

Ørland

Ørland is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brekstad. Other villages include Uthaug, Opphaug, and Ottersbo...

 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 Fosen 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...

. The other church in the parish is the Ørland Church

Ørland Church

Ørland Church is a parish church in the municipality of Ørland in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the city of Brekstad, along the Trondheimsfjord on the mainland of Ørland....

on the mainland.