Stokken Church

Stokken Church (Norwegian: Stokken kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Saltrød. It is one of the churches for the Moland parish which is part of the Arendal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1878 using plans drawn up by the architect Johan Christoff Friedrich Reuter. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2][3]

Stokken Church
Stokken kirke
View of the church
58.4919°N 08.8440°E / 58.4919; 08.8440
LocationArendal Municipality,
Agder
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1879
Consecrated13 Aug 1879
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)J.C. Reuter
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1879 (1879)
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryArendal prosti
ParishMoland
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85573

History

The church was originally built as a chapel of ease for the Stokken congregation of the Austre Moland parish. The timber-framed church stands on a slope at Stuenes. It was designed by Johan Christoff Friedrich Reuter and the builder Carl Svendsen was the lead builder.[4][5] The church was consecrated on 13 August 1879.[6]

The altarpiece, depicting Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, was painted by Hedevig Lund for Austre Moland Church in 1869, but the work was not accepted by the congregation at the time. Some years later, it was given to the new church in Stokken.[5] The work needed to have a new piece added to it to function as an altarpiece.

In 1929, the master painter Emil Rummelhoff decorated the church's gallery with a frieze, with heads of grain and grapes to symbolize the Eucharist.[5] At the same time, he painted the entire interior of the church, and for the restoration for the church's centennial in 1979 the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage recommended that Rummelhoff's design be retained.

The church bells were cast at the Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry in 1879. The organ has nine stops and was produced by Josef Hilmar Jørgensen in 1928.[5]

The plans for Stokken Church were later used to build Færvik Church and Bjorbekk Church.[5][7]

See also

References
  1. "Stokken kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  3. Ellingsen, Svein; Enggrav, Oddar André; Jørgensen, Erling Magnar (1979). Stokken kirke 100 år. Eydehavn: Stokken menighetsråd.
  4. Mykleby, Axel, ed. (20 November 2014). "Johan Christoff Friedrich Reuter". Norsk kunstnerleksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. "Stokken kirke" (in Norwegian). Norske kirkebygg. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. "Stokken kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. "Færvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Norske kirkebygg. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

Further reading
  • Nenseter, Bjarne (1992). "På kirkevandring i Aust-Agder". Stokken kirke (in Norwegian). Arendal: Kilden forlag. pp. 18–19. ISBN 8276270034.
  • Rasmussen, Alf Henry (1993). Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær: Vanebo forlag. p. 474. ISBN 8275270227.

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