Location Orkdal, Sør-Trøndelag Denomination Church of Norway Founded 1859 Address 7300 Orkanger, Norway Status Parish church Parish Orkdal | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Opened 1859 Diocese Diocese of Nidaros Architect Christian Heinrich Grosch | |
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Geitastrand Church (Norwegian: Geitastrand kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Orkdal in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The church is located in Geitastrand, along the Trondheimsfjord, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of Orkanger.
The wooden church was built in 1859, and consecrated on 3 November 1859 by the local dean, Henning Junghaus Kaurin. The architect who designed the building was Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church is part of the Geitastrand parish in the Orkdal deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.
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