Harran Church
{{short description|Church in Trøndelag, Norway}}
{{Infobox church
|name = Harran Church
|fullname = Harran kirke
|former name =
|image = Harran kirke.JPG
|caption = View of the church
|website =
|coordinates = {{coord|64.55922703|12.48651042|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|location = Grong Municipality, Trøndelag
|country = Norway
|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran
|denomination = Church of Norway
|diocese = Nidaros bispedømme
|deanery = Namdal prosti
|parish = Harran
|status = Parish church
|functional status = Active
|founded date = 1874
|consecrated date = 30 Sept 1874
|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1874}}
|closed date =
|events =
|architect = Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
|architectural type = Long church
|style =
|materials = Wood
|capacity = 200
|embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
|embed = yes
|Type = Church
|Status = Not protected
|ID = 84485
}} }}
Harran Church ({{langx|no|Harran kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Grong Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Harran. It is the main church for the Harran parish which is part of the Namdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1874 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 200 people.{{Cite web |title=Harran kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/174200201 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2018-04-23}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-04-23}} The church was built to replace the old Gløshaug Church which was getting to be too small and in need of repair.{{Cite web |title=Den norske kirke i Grong |url=http://www.grong.kommune.no/nordtrondelag/grong/grongk.nsf/id/CCE27AD8906BA74AC125777C0043F193?OpenDocument |url-status=dead |publisher=Grong kommune |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2011-09-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323005536/http://www.grong.kommune.no/nordtrondelag/grong/grongk.nsf/id/CCE27AD8906BA74AC125777C0043F193?OpenDocument |archivedate=2012-03-23}} The church was consecrated on 30 September 1874.
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{{Churches in Namdal}}
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Category:Churches in Trøndelag
Category:Wooden churches in Norway
Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Category:Churches completed in 1874