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Engene Church
Engene kirke
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58°24′06″N 8°41′35″E / 58.4016695°N 08.6931225°E / 58.4016695; 08.6931225
Location	Arendal Municipality, Agder
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Nedenesengene kirke
Status	Parish church
Founded	1882
Consecrated	1882
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Wilhelm Hanstein
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1849 (175 years ago) (1849)
Specifications
Capacity	480
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Agder og Telemark
Deanery	Arendal prosti
Parish	Øyestad

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	84096

Engene Church (Norwegian: Engene kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nedenes. It is one of the churches for the Øyestad parish which is part of the Arendal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1882 using plans originally drawn up by the architect Wilhelm Hanstein. The church seats about 480 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The church was first built in the town of Grimstad in 1849 using designs by the architect Wilhelm Hanstein where it was called Grimstad Church. It was likely the first church built in Southern Norway in the Swiss chalet style. The church has a large distinctive tower above the main entrance.^[3]

In 1881, the town had grown and the church was too small, so it was disassembled and moved to the nearby village of Nedenes and rebuilt there in 1882 as the new "Nedenesengene Church", but its name was later shortened to simply "Engene Church". In 1990, the interior was repainted a gray-violet color following the recommendations from the National Heritage Board since it is believed that was the original color of the church's interior.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Engene kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Engene kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Engene kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

v t e Church of Norway churches in the Arendal prosti in Agder county, Norway
	Arendal Municipality: Barbu Hisøy Austre Moland Flosta Stokken Trinity Færvik Tromøy Bjorbekk Engene Øyestad
	Froland Municipality: Froland Mykland

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