Sakshaug Church

Sakshaug Church (Norwegian: Sakshaug kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sakshaug, just west of the municipal centre of Straumen. It is the main church for the Inderøy parish which is part of the Stiklestad prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The large, stone church was built in a Neo-gothic long church style in 1871 using plans drawn up by the architect Håkon Mosling (1840-1914). [1] The church seats about 850 people.[2][3]

Sakshaug Church
Sakshaug kirke
View of the church
63.871671938°N 11.27608287°E / 63.871671938; 11.27608287
LocationInderøy, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1871
Consecrated7 Sept 1871
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Håkon Mosling
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNeo-gothic
Completed1871 (1871)
Specifications
Capacity850
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseNidaros bispedømme
DeaneryStiklestad prosti
ParishInderøy
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85356

History

The church was built to replace the medieval Old Sakshaug Church located about 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the northwest of the new church. An increase in the population in the parish and the requirements of the Church Act of 1851 led to the building of the new church. The Church Act required that church buildings have room to hold 30% of the people living in the parish. This meant that the church was too small. The new church was constructed in 1871 and it was consecrated on 7 September 1871. The old church was closed and sold to the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. The new church was designed to hold about 1200 people, but more recently the fire regulations hold 850 as the maximum capacity.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. Jens Christian Eldal. "Håkon Mosling". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. "Sakshaug kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. "Sakshaug kirke" (in Norwegian). Inderøy prestegjeld. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. "Sakshaug kirkested / Sakshaug kirke 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  5. "Sakshaug kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 May 2021.

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