List of churches in Nidaros

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Map of the Church of Norway deaneries in the Diocese of Nidaros. Each municipality belongs to a deanery except for Trondheim municipality is divided over three deaneries due to its large population.

This list of churches in Nidaros is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Nidaros in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Trøndelag county. The diocese is based at the Nidaros Cathedral in the city of Trondheim in Trondheim Municipality.

The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or more parishes (sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish has one or more local church.[1]

The municipality of Trondheim includes several deaneries within the municipality due to its large population. The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time. In 1995, the old Sør-Fosen prosti was merged with Orkdal prosti and on the same date the old Nord-Fosen prosti was renamed simply Fosen prosti. On 1 July 2015, the Nærøy prosti, which included Leka Municipality, Vikna Municipality, and Nærøy Municipality, was merged with the Namdal prosti. On 1 January 2020, the old Nord-Innherad prosti and Sør-Innherad prosti were merged to form the new Stiklestad prosti.

Nidaros domprosti

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The Nidaros arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) covers the urban city centre of the city of Trondheim, located along the Trondheimsfjorden in Trondheim Municipality. The Nidaros Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros as well as the Dean of the deanery. This arch-deanery is divided into three parishes with a total of five churches.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Trondheim Nidaros Domkirke
og Vår Frue
Nidaros Cathedral Trondheim 1070–1300
Vår Frue Church Trondheim 1200
Bakklandet
og Lademoen
Bakke Church Trondheim 1715
Lademoen Church Lademoen 1905
Lade Lade Church Lade 1190

Fosen prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the Fosen peninsula in Trøndelag county. The area lies between the Norwegian Sea and Trondheim Fjord. It includes the municipalities of Osen, Åfjord, Ørland, and Indre Fosen. The deanery is divided up into 14 parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Stadsbygd Church in the village of Stadsbygd in Indre Fosen Municipality.

This deanery was established as Nordre Fosen prosti in 1917 when the historic Fosen prosti was divided into Nordre Fosen prosti in the north and Søndre Fosen prosti in the south. Originally, the Nordre Fosen prosti included the parishes of Bjørnør, Åfjord, Bjugn, and Stadsbygd while Søndre Fosen prosti included the parishes of Frøya, Hitra, Hemne, Agdenes, and Ørland. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery names from "Nordre Fosen prosti" to "Nord-Fosen prosti" and "Søndre Fosen prosti" to "Sør-Fosen prosti".[2] On 1 January 1972, the parish of Ørland Municipality was transferred to this deanery from the Sør-Fosen prosti. On 1 July 1999, the old Sør-Fosen prosti was dissolved and it became part of the Orkdal prosti. On the same date, the name of this deanery was changed to simply Fosen prosti.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Indre Fosen Hasselvika Hasselvika Church Hasselvika 1951
Leksvik Leksvik Church Leksvik 1670
Rissa Fines Church Verrabotn 1913
Rissa Church Leira 1888
Rein Church Reinsgrenda 1932
Stadsbygd Stadsbygd Church Stadsbygd 1842
Stranda Stranda Church Vanvikan 1897
Sør-Stjørna Frengen Church Frengen 1972
Ramsvik Church Råkvåg 1909
Osen Osen Osen Church Steinsdalen 1877
Seter Chapel Seter 1969
Ørland Bjugn Bjugn Church Bjugn 1956
Heggvik Church Høybakken 1858
Jøssund Jøssund Church Jøssund 1875
Nes Nes Church Nes 1878
Tarva Chapel Tarva 1972
Ørland Ørland Church Brekstad 1342
Storfosna Church Storfosna 1915
Åfjord Roan Roan Church Roan 1702
Åfjord Åfjord Church Årnes 1879
Stoksund Stoksund Church Revsnes 1825

Gauldal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the Gauldalen valley and surrounding areas in southern Trøndelag county. It includes the parishes in the municipalities of Holtålen, Melhus, Midtre Gauldal, Oppdal, Rennebu, and Røros. The deanery is headquartered at Støren Church in the village of Støren in Midtre Gauldal Municipality.

The deanery was established on 20 April 1911 when the old Nordre Dalernes prosti and Søndre Dalernes prosti were dissolved and split into three new deaneries. On that date, the parishes of Støren, Holtålen, Røros from Søndre Dalernes prosti and the parish of Melhus from Nordre Dalernes prosti became part of the new Orkedalens prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Guldalen prosti" to "Gauldal prosti".[2] In 2000, the parishes of Oppdal and Rennebu were moved from Orkdal prosti to Gauldal prosti.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Holtålen Haltdalen Haltdalen Church Haltdalen 1881
Haltdalen Stave Church Haltdalen
**Moved to a museum in Trondheim**
1170
Aunegrenda Chapel Aunegrenda 1952
Hessdalen Hessdalen Church Hessdalen 1940
Ålen Ålen Church Renbygda 1881
Melhus Flå Flå Church Ler 1794
Horg Horg Church Lundamo 1892
Hølonda Hølonda Church Gåsbakken 1848
Melhus Melhus Church Storsand 1892
Midtre Gauldal Budal Budal Church Enodden 1754
Singsås Singsås Church Singsås 1884
Soknedal Soknedal Church Soknedal 1933
Støren Støren Church Støren 1817
Oppdal Fagerhaug Fagerhaug Church Fagerhaug 1921
Lønset Lønset Church Lønset 1863
Oppdal Oppdal Church Oppdal 1651
St. Mikael's Chapel Drivdalen 2012
Rennebu Berkåk Berkåk Church Berkåk 1878
Innset Innset Church Innset 2000
Rennebu Rennebu Church Voll 1669
Nerskogen Chapel Nerskogen 1962
Røros Røros Røros Church Røros 1784
Røros Chapel Røros 1962
Brekken Brekken Church Brekken 1878
Glåmos Glåmos Church Glåmos 1926
Hitterdalen Hitterdal Chapel Hitterdalen 1959

Heimdal og Byåsen prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the southern and western areas of Trondheim Municipality. The deanery is divided up into eight parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Heimdal Church in the village of Heimdal in Trondheim Municipality.

The deanery was established on 1 October 2017 when the old Byåsen prosti was merged with the Heimdal prosti.[3] The old Byåsen prosti covered the western part of the city centre of Trondheim. The Dean of the old deanery of Byåsen was headquartered at the Byåsen Church in the Byåsen area of Trondheim. Byåsen prosti was created in 2004 when the Byåsen and Sverresborg parishes from the Heimdal prosti and the Ilen parish from Nidaros domprosti were moved to the new deanery.[4]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Trondheim Byneset og
Leinstrand
Byneset Church Byneset 1180
Leinstrand Church Leinstrand 1673
Byåsen Byåsen Church Byåsen 1974
Heimdal Heimdal Church Heimdal 1960
Ilen Ilen Church Ila 1889
Klæbu Klæbu Church Klæbu 1790
Vassfjell Chapel Vassfjellet 1974
Kolstad Kolstad Church Kolstad 1986
Sverresborg Havstein Church Sverresborg 1857
Sverresborg Church Sverresborg 2014
Tiller Tiller Church Tiller 1901

Namdal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the vast northern part of Trøndelag county, covering the municipalities of Lierne, Røyrvik, Namsskogan, Grong, Høylandet, Overhalla, Namsos, Flatanger, Nærøysund, and Leka. Those municipalities are further divided up into 17 parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Namsos Church in the town of Namsos in Namsos Municipality.

This deanery was established in 1973 when the old Indre Namdal prosti (Lierne, Grong, Overhalla, and Namsos) and Ytre Namdal prosti (Flatanger and Fosnes) were merged to form the new Namdal prosti (the parish of Snåsa, from Indre Namdal prosti, became part of Nord-Innherad prosti at the same time). On 1 July 2015, the old Nærøy prosti was dissolved and all of its parishes in Nærøy, Leka, and Vikna municipalities were merged into the Namdal prosti.[5] On 1 January 2020, the churches in the old municipality of Namdalseid were moved to Namdal prosti when the municipality became part of the large Namsos Municipality.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Flatanger Flatanger Løvøy Church Løvøya 1871
Vik Church Vik 1873
Grong Grong Grong Church Medjå 1877
Harran Gløshaug Church Gartland 1689
Harran Church Harran 1874
Høylandet Høylandet Drageid Church Vassbotna 1976
Høylandet Church Høylandet 1860
Kongsmo Chapel Kongsmoen 1937
Leka Leka Leka Church Leknes 1867
Lierne Nordli Nordli Church Sandvika 1873
Tunnsjø Chapel Tunnsjø senter 1873
Sørli Sørli Church Mebygda 1876
Namsos Fosnes Dun Church Dun 1949
Fosnes Chapel Fosnes 1926
Lund Chapel Lund 1965
Salen Chapel Salsnes 1953
Klinga Klinga Church Klinga 1866
Namdalseid Namdalseid Church Namdalseid 1858
Namsos Namsos Church Namsos 1960
Otterøy Otterøy Church Otterøya 1858
Statland Statland Church Statland 1992
Vemundvik Vemundvik Church Vemundvik 1875
Namsskogan Namsskogan Trones Church Trones 1832
Bjørhusdal Church Namsskogan 1970
Skorovatn Chapel Skorovatn 1965
Nærøysund Nærøy Foldereid Church Foldereid 1863
Gravvik Church Gravvika 1875
Kolvereid Church Kolvereid 1874
Lundring Church Lundring 1885
Salsbruket Chapel Salsbruket 1950
Steine Chapel Steine 1911
Torstad Chapel Torstad 1936
Vikna Garstad Church Garstad 1856
Rørvik Church Rørvik 1896
Valøy Chapel Valøya 1972
Overhalla Overhalla Ranem Church Ranemsletta 1187
Skage Church Skage 1903
Røyrvik Røyrvik Røyrvik Church Røyrvik 1828

Orkdal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the southwestern coastal part of Trøndelag county. The deanery covers the municipalities of Frøya, Heim, Hitra, Orkland, Skaun and Rindal. The deanery is headquartered at Orkdal Church in the village of Fannrem in Orkland Municipality.

The deanery was established on 20 April 1911 when the old Nordre Dalernes prosti and Søndre Dalernes prosti were dissolved and split into three new deaneries. On that date, the parishes of Orkdal, Meldal, Rennebu, and Oppdal from Søndre Dalernes prosti and the parish of Børsen from Nordre Dalernes prosti became part of the new Orkedalens prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Orkedal prosti" to "Orkdal prosti".[2] In 2000, the parishes of Hitra, Frøya, and Hemne were moved from the Sør-Fosen prosti to Orkdal prosti and on the same date the parishes of Oppdal and Rennebu were moved from this deanery to the neighboring Gauldal prosti. In 2020, Rindal Municipality was moved to this deanery from the Diocese of Møre after the municipality changed counties in 2019.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Frøya Frøya Hallaren Church Storhallaren 1881
Sletta Church Nord-Frøya 1990
Froan Chapel Froan 1904
Måøy Chapel Mausund 1939
Sula Chapel Sula 1925
Titran Chapel Titran 1873
Heim Halsa Halsa Church Halsanaustan 1734
Valsøyfjord Church Valsøyfjord 1864
Heim Heim Church Heim 1883
Hemne Hemne Church Kyrksæterøra 1817
Vinje Vinje Church Vinjeøra 1824
Hitra Hitra og Fillan Hitra Church Melandsjøen 1927
Dolm Church Dolmøya 1188
Fillan Church Fillan 1789
Nordbotn Church Nordbotn 1900
Kvenvær og
Sandstad
Kvenvær Church Kvenvær 1909
Forsnes Chapel Forsnes 1935
Sandstad Church Sandstad 1888
Orkland Agdenes Agdenes Church Vernes 1857
Lensvik Church Lensvik 1863
Ingdalen Chapel Ingdalen 1960
Geitastrand Geitastrand Church Geitastrand 1859
Løkken Løkken Church Bjørnli 1929
Orkanger Orkanger Church Orkanger 1892
Orkdal Orkdal Church Fannrem 1893
Søvasskjølen Church Svorksjødalen 1981
Orkland Moe Church Vormstad 1867
Meldal Meldal Church Meldal 1988
Snillfjord Snillfjord Church Krokstadøra 1898
Rindal Rindal Rindal Church Rindal 1874
Øvre Rindal Chapel Tiset 1911
Skaun Skaun Skaun Church Skaun 1183
Buvik Buvik Church Buvika 1819
Børsa Børsa Church Børsa 1857

Stiklestad prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the Innherad district in central Trøndelag county. The deanery includes the municipalities of Snåsa, Steinkjer, Inderøy, Verdal, Levanger, and Frosta. The deanery is headquartered at Stiklestad Church in the village of Stiklestad in Verdal Municipality.

The deanery was established on 1 January 2019 when the old Nord-Innherad prosti and Sør-Innherad prosti were merged. The old Sør-Innherad prosti included the parishes in Verdal Municipality, Levanger Municipality, and Frosta Municipality and the Nord-Innherad prosti included the parishes in Snåsa Municipality, Steinkjer Municipality, Inderøy Municipality, Verran Municipality (now part of Steinkjer Municipality), and Namdalseid Municipality. Namdalseid Municipality was merged into Namsos Municipality in 2020 and so it was transferred to the Namdal prosti. Sør-Innherad prosti was based at Stiklestad, just like the new Stiklestad deanery. The old Nord-Innherad prosti was headquartered at Steinkjer Church in the town of Steinkjer in Steinkjer Municipality.[6]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Inderøy Inderøy Sakshaug Church Straumen 1871
Old Sakshaug Church Sakshaug c. 1150
Røra Salberg Church Røra 1715
Sandvollan Heggstad Church Sandvollan 1887
Hustad Church Gangstad 1150
Mosvik Mosvik Church Mosvik 1884
Vestvik Church Framverran 1905
Snåsa Snåsa Snåsa Church Snåsa 1200
Steinkjer Beitstad Beitstad Church Beitstad 1869
Bartnes Church Bartnes 1960
Egge Egge Church Egge in Steinkjer 1767
Følling Følling Church Følling 1726
Henning Henning Church Vekre 1872
Kvam Kvam Church Kvam 1878
Malm Malm Church Malm 1885
Sela Church Sela 1997
Mære Mære Church Mære c. 1150
Ogndal Skei Church Ogndal 1664
Bodom Church Bodom 1905
Steinkjer Steinkjer Church Steinkjer 1965
Stod For Church Stod 1846
Verran Follafoss Church Follafoss 1954
Frosta Frosta Frosta Church Frosta 1866
Logtun Church
(Historic church)
Logtun 1500s
Levanger Alstadhaug Alstadhaug Church Alstadhaug 1180
Ekne Ekne Church Ekne 1893
Levanger Levanger Church Levanger 1902
Bamberg Church Levanger 1998
Markabygd Markabygda Church Markabygd 1887
Okkenhaug Okkenhaug Chapel Okkenhaug 1893
Ytterøy Ytterøy Church Ytterøya 1890
Åsen Åsen Church Åsen 1904
Verdal Stiklestad Stiklestad Church Stiklestad 1180
Verdalsøra Chapel Verdalsøra 1969
Vera og Vuku Vera Church Vera 1899
Vuku Church Vuku 1655
Vinne Vinne Church Vinne 1817

Stjørdal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the traditional district of Stjørdalen in eastern Trøndelag county. The deanery includes the parishes in the municipalities of Stjørdal, Meråker, Malvik, Selbu, and Tydal. The deanery is headquartered at Værnes Church in the village of Prestmoen, just south of Stjørdalshalsen in Stjørdal Municipality.

Stjørdal prosti was created in 1920 when the parishes of Øvre Stjørdal, Nedre Stjørdal, Frosta, and Leksvik were separated from the large Søndre Indherred prosti. In 1965, the parish of Leksvik was transferred to the neighboring Fosen prosti and the parish of Selbu was transferred to Stjørdal prosti from the neighboring Strinda prosti.[7] On 1 July 1999, the parish of Frosta was transferred from Stjørdal prosti to the neighboring Sør-Innherad prosti.[8] In 2000, the parish of Malvik was transferred from Strinda prosti to Stjørdal prosti.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Malvik Hommelvik Hommelvik Church Hommelvik 1886
Mostadmark Chapel Sneisen 1986
Malvik Malvik Church Malvik 1846
Meråker Meråker Meråker Church Meråker 1874
Kopperå Chapel Kopperå 1936
Stordalen Chapel Stordalen 1863
Selbu Selbu Selbu Church Mebonden 1150
Selbustrand Church Selbustrand 1901
Flora Chapel Flora 1936
Stjørdal Hegra Hegra Church Hegra 1783
Flora Chapel Flornes 1902
Okkelberg Chapel Skjelstadmarka 1905
Lånke Lånke Church Lånke 1899
Elvran Church Elvran 1893
Skatval Skatval Church Skatval 1901
Stjørdal Værnes Church Prestmoen 1100
Tydal Tydal Tydal Church Aunet 1696
Stugudal Chapel Stugudalen 1957

Strinda prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the eastern part of Trondheim Municipality; containing a total of five parishes. The deanery is headquartered at Strinda Church in the village of Strinda.

The deanery was established on 20 April 1911 when the old Nordre Dalernes prosti and Søndre Dalernes prosti were dissolved and split into three new deaneries. The parish of Melhus became part of Orkdal prosti and the parish of Børsen became part of Orkdal prosti and the remaining parishes from Nordre Dalernes prosti became part of the new Strinda prosti.[9] In 1965, the parish of Selbu was from Strinda prosti to the neighboring Stjørdal prosti.[7] In 2000, the parish of Malvik was transferred from Strinda prosti to Stjørdal prosti.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Trondheim Berg Berg Church Berg 1972
Nidelven Bratsberg Church Bratsberg 1850
Hoeggen Church Lerkendal 1997
Tempe Church Lerkendal 1960
Ranheim og
Charlottenlund
Ranheim Church Ranheim 1933
Charlottenlund Church Charlottenlund 1973
Strinda Strinda Church Strinda 1900
Strindheim Strindheim Church Strindheim 1979

References

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  1. ^ "Nidaros bispedøme" (in Norwegian). Den Norske Kirke. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Norsk Lovtidende (in Norwegian). Grøndahl. 1922. pp. 195–196. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ^ "51/17 Sammenslåing av Heimdal og Byåsen prostier". Møteprotokoll: Nidaros Bispedømmeråd 2016-2019 (PDF). Nidaros bispedømmeråd. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Byåsen prosti" (in Norwegian). StrindaHistorielag. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Nærøy og Namdal blir ett prosti" (in Norwegian). Kirken.no. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Nye «Stiklestad prosti» vedtatt i bispedømmerådet" (in Norwegian). Sør-Innherred prosti. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b Kyllo, Reidar (1982). Kirke- og kristenliv i Lånke (in Norwegian). Menighetsrådet. p. 101. ISBN 8299093600.
  8. ^ Juberg, Bjørn Olav (2016). Frosta kirke : 150 år : 1866-2016 : jubileumsskriftForfatter (in Norwegian). Frosta historielag. ISBN 9788291279251.
  9. ^ Herstad, John (2000). I helstatens grep (in Norwegian). Tano Aschehoug. ISBN 8251839483.