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Trondenes Church is the northernmost medieval stone church of Norway and the sector's northernmost surviving medieval constructing. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Harstad Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the northern fringe of the metropolis of Harstad. It is the principle church for the Trondenes parish that is a part of the Trondenes prosti within the Diocese of Nord-Halogaland. The white, stone church turned into constructed in a long church fashion around the 12 months 1435 by an unknown architect. The church seats approximately 300 humans.

Though frequently referred to as a thirteenth-century church, relationship primarily based on dendrochronology places its completion quickly after 1434. Compared to the opposite ten north Norwegian medieval stone churches, Trondenes Church is well preserved, the exterior condition still close to the original kingdom. The nave is 22.6 metres long and the chancel is 13.5 metres , making it one in all the largest medieval church buildings of rural Norway. In the past due Medieval length, Trondenes served as the primary church centre of Northern Norway.

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