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Straumsnes Church

Tingvoll, NO

Straumsnes church is a wooden church from 1864, designed by architect Gustav Olsen. A lightning strike on November 6, 2006 did great damage to the church. The church had to be restored and reopened at Christmas 2006.

Stridsklev Church

Porsgrunn, NO

Stridsklev Church is a "working church" consecrated in 2000. The church was designed by the architectural firm Børve og Borchsenius from Kåre Kverndokk.

Strinda Church

Trondheim, NO

Strinda Church, also known as the Church of Moholt, is a wooden church from 1900 designed by Solberg og Christensen.

Strindheim Church

Trondheim, NO

Strindheim church is a brick church that was built in 1979. The architect of the church is Elisabeth Breen Fidjestøl.

Strusshamn Church

Askøy, NO

The church in Strusshamn is a brick church that was built in 1969. The first church was built in 1741 but burnt down in 1861. A new church was consecrated in 1864 but also burnt down in 1966.

Strøm Church

Kongsvinger, NO

Strøm Church is a large, unpainted red brick cross church, built in 1857 according to the plans of architect H.E. Schirmer. The church has a high tower in the west and the choir in the arm of the cross in the east, with a polygonal finish. The interior is well preserved, with few unusual changes and colours partly identical to the original, after the restoration of 1950-53.

Strømmen Church

Lillestrøm, NO

Strømmen Church is a long church from 1929. The building is made of stone and was designed in the Romanesque Revival style by the architect Olav Olson. Originally, the church was to be built of wood, but the plans were changed along the way.

Strømsgodset Church

Drammen, NO

Strømsgodset Church is a rectangular wooden church built in 1843. The architect of the church is Christian Heinrich Grosch. In 1938 Strømsgodset became its own parish.

Strømsoddbygda Chapel

Ringerike, NO

Strømsoddbygda chapel is a long church from 1953-57, known as "The Temple in the Forest", a name given to it by the poet Elling M. Solheim (1905-1971).

Strømsø kirke

Drammen, NO

Strømsø Church is a wooden cruciform church dating from 1667. It has a vestry at the eastern end of the chancel and a turret above the centre of the cross plan. In 1702 the wooden exterior of the church was boarded up. The interior is strongly influenced by the renovation of the 1840s.

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