Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Opened 1832 | Consecrated 30 September 1832 Address 6887 Lærdal, Norway Capacity 175 | |
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Location Lærdal Municipality,Sogn og Fjordane Similar Fet Church, Arnafjord Church, Ølmheim Church, Sæle Church, Joranger Church | ||
Tønjum Church (Norwegian: Tønjum kyrkje) is the main parish church in Lærdal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tønjum. The church is part of the Tønjum parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church building, which has 175 seats, was built in 1832. It was consecrated on 30 September 1832 by Bishop Jacob Neumann. Tønjum Church is the smallest church in the municipality, but it is the main church for Laerdal municipality. The present church was built in 1832 to replace the previous church on the same site. The previous church blew down in a storm in 1823.
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