Lade Church

Lade Church
Lade kirke
View of the church
63°26′46″N 10°26′19″E / 63.446200146°N 10.4385933547°E / 63.446200146; 10.4385933547
LocationTrondheim Municipality, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Foundedc. 1140
Consecratedc. 1160
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLong church
Completedc. 1160 (1160)
Specifications
Capacity160
MaterialsStone
Administration
DioceseNidaros bispedømme
DeaneryNidaros domprosti
ParishLade
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID84881

Lade Church (Norwegian: Lade Kirke) is one of Norway's oldest existing stone churches. It is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Lade neighborhood in the city of Trondheim, just southeast of Korsvika and east of Ladehammeren. It is the church for the Lade parish which is part of the Nidaros domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The white, plastered stone church was built in a long church style around the year 1160. The church seats about 160 people.