Geitastrand Church () is a

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of the

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Orkland Municipality Orkland is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Orkang ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Geitastrand Geitastrand is a village in Orkland Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located along the west shore of the Orkdalsfjorden, about north of the town of Orkanger. The village was the administrative centre of the old Geita ...

, on the shore of the

Trondheimsfjorden The Trondheim Fjord or Trondheimsfjorden (), an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, is Norway's List of Norwegian fjords, third-longest fjord at long. It is located in the west-central part of the country in Trøndelag county, and it stretches from Ørl ...

, about north of the town of

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. It is the church for the Geitastrand

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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style in 1859 using plans drawn up by the

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Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 250 people.

History

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Historically, the Geitastrand area was part of the Viggen Church parish which was based on the opposite side of the Orkdalsfjorden. In 1857, the old Viggen Church was torn down and two new churches were built. A new

Børsa Church Børsa Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skaun Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Børsa. It is the church for the Børsa parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Dio ...

was built on the east side of the fjord, a few kilometers east of the old Viggen Church site and a new church was built in Geitastrand, on the west side of the fjord. Christian Heinrich Grosch designed both churches. Geitastrand Church is very similar to the new Børsa Church, but it is smaller and a little simpler of a design. It is a

in a

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. The church was

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d on 3 November 1859 by the local dean, Henning Junghaus Kaurin. From 1950 to 1951, the church interior was extensively restored and updated.

References

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History

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