Ilen Church
| Ilen Church | |
|---|---|
| Ilen kirke | |
 View of the church | |
  Ilen Church Location in Sør-Trøndelag  Ilen Church Location in Sør-Trøndelag | |
| Coordinates: 63°25′48″N 10°22′35″E / 63.4299°N 10.3763°E | |
| Location | Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 7 June 1889 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Eugene Sissenére |
| Style | Neo-Gothic |
| Completed | 1889 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 900; now reduced to 550 due to fire regulations |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Ilen |
| Deanery | Byåsen |
| Diocese | Diocese of Nidaros |
Ilen Church (Norwegian: Ilen kirke is a parish church in the municipality of Trondheim in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Ila area in the city of Trondheim, on the 250-metre (820 ft) wide isthmus between the river Nid (Nidelva) and the Trondheimsfjord.[1]
The stone church was built in 1889 by local building company of Digre, according to a design by French architect Eugene Sissenére, and it was consecrated on 7 June 1889. The important Claus Jensen organ in the church (18/II/P/M) is also from the same year. It will be restored in 2017 by the local organ building company in Åsen, Bdr. Torkildsen. A graveyard belonging to the parish is located in Ilsvika, a short distance from the church site. The church is part of the Ilen parish in the Byåsen deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros, although the parish will be included into Heimdal deanery from Autumn 2016.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Ilen menighet. "Ilen kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ↑ NRK. "Ilen kirke i Trondheim" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-03-31.
