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Tjøme Church

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Tjøme kirke Lutheran church nygotisk langkirke 1866 Arch. Anders Thorød summer. Færder Municipality, Vestfold County, Norway. Southern wall Kirkegård gravsteiner Cemetery 2023 07 21 IMG 8373 2
Tjøme kirke Lutheran church nygotisk langkirke 1866 Arch. Anders Thorød summer. Færder Municipality, Vestfold County, Norway. Southern wall Kirkegård gravsteiner Cemetery 2023 07 21 IMG 8373 2

Tjøme Church (Norwegian: Tjøme kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Færder Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjøme. It is the church for the Tjøme parish which is part of the Tønsberg domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The stone and brick church was built in a long church design in 1867 using plans drawn up by the architect Anders Thorød. The church seats about 320 people.

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Østveien, Færder

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Tjøme kirke Lutheran church nygotisk langkirke 1866 Arch. Anders Thorød summer. Færder Municipality, Vestfold County, Norway. Southern wall Kirkegård gravsteiner Cemetery 2023 07 21 IMG 8373 2
Tjøme kirke Lutheran church nygotisk langkirke 1866 Arch. Anders Thorød summer. Færder Municipality, Vestfold County, Norway. Southern wall Kirkegård gravsteiner Cemetery 2023 07 21 IMG 8373 2
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