Froan Chapel

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title: "Froan Chapel" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["froan", "churches-in-trøndelag", "long-churches-in-norway", "wooden-churches-in-norway", "20th-century-church-of-norway-church-buildings", "churches-completed-in-1904", "1904-establishments-in-norway"] description: "Church in Trøndelag, Norway" topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froan_Chapel" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Church in Trøndelag, Norway ::

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Field	Value
name	Froan Chapel
fullname	Froan kapell
image	Froan kapell T350 01 0043.jpg
caption	View of the church
coordinates
location	Frøya Municipality, Trøndelag
country	Norway
churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
denomination	Church of Norway
diocese	Nidaros bispedømme
deanery	Orkdal prosti
parish	Frøya
status	Parish church
functional status	Active
founded date	1904
consecrated date	1904
completed date
architect	Nils Ryjord
architectural type	Long church
materials	Wood
capacity	180
embedded	{{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
embed	yes
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84201
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Froan Chapel () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Frøya Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located on the island of Sauøy in the Froan islands. It is one of several churches for the Frøya parish which is part of the Orkdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1904 using plans drawn up by the architect Nils Ryjord. The church seats about 180 people.

History

By the 1890s, the people of the Froan islands were requesting their own church. The nearest church was Sletta Church, about 30 km across the ocean which was a long journey. The small island of Sauøya, in the northeastern part of the archipelago, was chosen for the site of the new chapel. It was built in 1904 using plans by Nils Ryjord. The church was built to hold about 180 people because at the beginning of the 20th century, the islands were heavily populated. Originally, the chapel was scheduled to have five worship services each year. Confirmation instruction was held here beginning in 1906. By the start of the 21st century, the islands of Froan only have a few dozen residents, so the chapel is used less frequently.

Media gallery

Froan kapell T350 01 0056.jpg Froan kapell T350 01 0039.jpg Froan kapell cropped.jpg Sauøya, Froan UBT-TO-080983 01 1.jpg

References

References

1. "Froan kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker". KirkeKonsulenten.no.
3. "Froan kapell".
4. "Froan kirkested". [[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]].

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