{{short description|Church in Trøndelag, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Kolstad Church |full_name = Kolstad kirke |former_name = |image = Kolstad kirke.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|63.364696255|10.3465037389|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Trondheim Municipality]], [[Trøndelag]] |country = [[Norway]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Nidaros|Nidaros bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Heimdal og Byåsen prosti]] |parish = Kolstad |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 1986 |consecrated = 4 May 1986 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1986}} |closed = |events = |architect = [[Nils Henrik Eggen]] |architectural_type = [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|Rectangular]] |style = Modern |materials = [[Concrete]] |capacity = 460 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Not protected |ID = 84806 }} }}
'''Kolstad Church''' ({{langx|no|Kolstad kirke}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Trondheim Municipality]] in [[Trøndelag]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Kolstad, Trondheim|Kolstad]] area of the [[city of Trondheim]],<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Kolstad |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Kolstad |date=2014-12-29 |editor-last=Rosvold |editor-first=Knut A. |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-03-15}}</ref> about {{convert|1.5|km}} from the nearby [[Heimdal Church]]. It is the church for the Kolstad [[parish]] which is part of the [[Heimdal og Byåsen prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Nidaros]]. The modern, concrete church was built in a [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|rectangular]] design in 1986 using plans drawn up by the [[architect]] [[Nils Henrik Eggen]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Nils Henrik Eggen |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |publisher=[[Kunnskapsforlaget]] |url=https://snl.no/Nils_Henrik_Eggen |date=2009-02-14 |editor-last=Cappelen |editor-first=Bjørn |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-03-15}}</ref> The church seats about 460 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolstad kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/160102901 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2018-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-03-15}}</ref>
==History== The white, [[concrete]] building was built from 1985 to 1986 by the lead contractor Ole Stjern. The new building was [[consecrate]]d on 4 May 1986 by Bishop [[Kristen Kyrre Bremer]]. The [[altarpiece]] (from 1989) is made by Sigmund Lystrup out of old beams from the old [[Grunge Church]] in [[Vinje Municipality]] in [[Telemark]] county.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kolstad Kirke |url=http://kolstad.kirken.trondheim.no/index.php?c=28&kat=Kirka&&p=32 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819131539/http://kolstad.kirken.trondheim.no/index.php?c=28&kat=Kirka&&p=32 |archive-date=2011-08-19 |publisher=Kolstad menighet |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2011-04-14}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Kolstad kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/trondelag/kolstad-kirke/ |access-date=2021-06-21 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of churches in Nidaros]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Churches in Trondheim}} {{Authority control}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
[[Category:Churches in Trondheim]] [[Category:Churches in Trøndelag]] [[Category:Rectangular churches in Norway]] [[Category:Concrete churches in Norway]] [[Category:20th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1986]] [[Category:1986 establishments in Norway]]