Støren

Støren lies in the Gaula valley south of Trondheim, near the confluence of the Gaula and Sokna rivers. Its church is documented in 1432, though the first building was older. In 1665 a replacement was built on higher ground across the Sokna, because flooding and erosion threatened the earlier site.

The church served as a local polling place for the election of representatives to Norway's constituent assembly in 1814. Soon afterwards the old building was found to be dilapidated, and an octagonal timber church was completed and consecrated in 1817. The succession of churches marks Støren's enduring role as a parish centre in the valley.