Salen Chapel

Salen Chapel (Norwegian: Salen kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Namsos Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Salsnes, on the shores of the lake Salsvatnet. It is one of the churches for the Fosnes parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1953 using plans drawn up by the architect Arne Sørvig. The church seats about 204 people.^[1][2]

Salen Chapel
Salen kapell
View of the church
64.69624572°N 11.45410001°E / 64.69624572; 11.45410001
Location	Namsos Municipality, Trøndelag
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1900
Consecrated	June 1953
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Arne Sørvig
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1953 (71 years ago) (1953)
Specifications
Capacity	204
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Nidaros bispedømme
Deanery	Namdal prosti
Parish	Fosnes
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	85361

History

The parish of Fosnes was served by the Fosnes Church for centuries until 1896 when it burned down. At that time, it was decided to build two new churches to replace it, but neither would be built on the site of the old church. The old Fosnes Church was rebuilt about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of the old church site on the island of Jøa and a brand new chapel was built at Salsnes on the mainland and it was named Salen kapell. The new chapel was designed by Ole Scheistrøen and it was completed and consecrate in 1900. The chapel was destroyed during World War II and then afterwards in 1953, the present church was built on the same site. It was consecrated in June 1953.^[3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Nidaros

References

1. "Salen kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
3. "Salen kapell". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 May 2021.
4. "Salen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2 May 2021.