Flekkefjord Church

Flekkefjord Church
Flekkefjord kirke
View of the church
58°17′46″N 6°39′43″E / 58.2961°N 06.6619°E / 58.2961; 06.6619
Location	Flekkefjord Municipality, Agder
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	flekkefjord.kirken.no
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	12th century
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Hans Linstow
Architectural type	Octagonal
Style	Empire style
Completed	1833; 191 years ago (1833)
Specifications
Capacity	650
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Agder og Telemark
Deanery	Lister og Mandal prosti
Parish	Flekkefjord
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84159

Flekkefjord Church (Norwegian: Flekkefjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Flekkefjord Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the town of Flekkefjord. It is the church for the Flekkefjord parish which is part of the Lister og Mandal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in the Empire style and in an octagonal design in 1833 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Linstow.^[1] The church seats about 650 people.^[2][3][4]

It has galleries with audience seating on two floors along five of the walls. The altarpiece is a gold cross in an arch, flanked by columns carrying a gable. The pulpit is from 1938 and signed by Linstow. Today's church organ is built specifically for Flekkefjord church by Marcussen & Sons Orgelbyggeri in Aabenraa, Denmark, and was finished in 1983. The organ has 24 voices.^[2]