Bakke Church | |
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Bakke kirke | |
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58°24′50″N 6°39′32″E / 58.413899°N 06.658778°E | |
Location | Flekkefjord Municipality, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | Middle Ages |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Cruciform |
Completed | 1670 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 400 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Lister og Mandal prosti |
Parish | Bakke |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 83841 |
Bakke Church (Norwegian: Bakke kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Flekkefjord Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sira. It is the church for the Bakke 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 a cruciform design in 1670 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]