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Vår Frue Church
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This article is about the church in Trondheim. For the church in Porsgrunn, see Vår Frue Church (Porsgrunn). For other churches of the same name, see Church of Our Lady.
Vår Frue Church (Norwegian: Vår Frue kirke / English: Our Lady's Church) is a medieval parish church of the Church of Norway in Trondheim municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the downtown Midtbyen area of the city of Trondheim, just a few blocks north of the Nidaros Cathedral. It is one of the two churches for the Nidaros og Vår Frue parish which is part of the Nidaros domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The gray, stone church was built in a long church design in the late 1100s using plans drawn up by Bjørn Sigvardsson. The church seats about 540 people.[1][2][3]
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63.430168702°N 10.3981620669°E / 63.430168702; 10.3981620669 | |
Location | Trondheim, Trøndelag |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 12th century |
Dedication | Mary (mother of Jesus) |
Consecrated | 12th century |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Bjørn Sigvardsson |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Romanesque and Gothic |
Completed | c. 1180 (844 years ago) (1180) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 540 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Nidaros bispedømme |
Deanery | Nidaros domprosti |
Parish | Nidaros og Vår Frue |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
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