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Sauherad Church
Sauherad kyrkje
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59°25′19″N 9°16′52″E / 59.421808°N 9.2812349°E / 59.421808; 9.2812349
LocationMidt-Telemark Municipality,
Telemark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Foundedc. 1150
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLong church
StyleRomanesque
Completed1150 (874 years ago) (1150)
Specifications
Capacity260
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryØvre Telemark prosti
ParishSauherad og Nes
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85404

Sauherad Church (Norwegian: Sauherad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Midt-Telemark Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sauherad. It is one of the churches for the Nes og Sauherad parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone church was built in a long church design around 1150 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 260 people.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Sauherad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry. Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær, Norge: Vanebo forlag. p. 493. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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