Foldereid Church

Foldereid Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Foldereid. It is one of the churches for the Nærøy parish which is part of the Namdal prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1863 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian [Heinrich Grosch]. The church seats about 280 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but it was not new that year. The first church here was built about southwest of the present church site and it was likely a stave church that was built in the Middle Ages. Originally, the church was an annex church for the main Nærøy Church and the priest would visit Foldereid approximately once a month. In 1675, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. By the mid-1800s, the old wooden church was found to be too small for the parish, so a new, larger church was built about to the northeast. After the new church was consecrated in 1864, the old church was torn down.