Follafoss Church

Follafoss Church (Norwegian: Follafoss kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Verran in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Follafoss. The church is the main church in the Verran parish which is part of the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros. The wooden church building was constructed in 1954 to seat about 200 people. Sverre Olsen was the architect.

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Follafoss

Follafoss is a village in the municipality of Verran in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 0.68-square-kilometre (170-acre) village has a population (2013) of 414, a population density of 609 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,580/sq mi).

Follafoss is in the middle of the Beitstadfjorden, the inner-most arm of the Trondheimsfjord, about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of the municipal center of Malm and about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Verrastranda. The Follaelva river empties into the Trondheimsfjord at Follafoss. The lakes Holden and Selavatnet both feed the river and also provide power through the Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk power company through hydroelectric power from the dams on the lakes.