Malvik Church () is a

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of the

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Malvik Municipality Malvik is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik i ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Malvik Malvik may refer to: Places *Malvik Municipality Malvik is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is th ...

. It is the church for the Malvik

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which is part of the Stjørdal prosti (

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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style in 1846 by the

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G.O. Olsen. The church seats about 550 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1432, but the church was not new at that time. The original church was likely a wooden stave church with a rectangular

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and a narrower

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that may have been built during the 14th century. That church had a tower on the roof near the west end of the church. In 1654, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. This new timber-framed building was

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d in 1656. In 1843, the church was inspected and it was found to be in poor shape, so it was decided to replace the church building. In 1846, the old church was torn down and a new wooden,

church was built on the same site. The new building was

d on 18 November 1846 by the Bishop Hans Riddervold.

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Picture of Malvik Church (1654-1844)
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