Leksvik Church (Norwegian: Leksvik kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Leksvik in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leksvik. The church is part of the Leksvik parish in the Fosen deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.
The wooden church was built in 1667 and is situated about 500 metres (0.31 mi) from downtown Leksvik. During the reconstruction in the 1860s the church lost much of its older furniture, but during reconstruction efforts in the 1950s and 1960s, much of the 17th century furniture was returned. Today the church has new seating, installed in the mid-1990s.
The church also contains a very rare crucifix from the Middle Ages, and the sword of Anders Solli. Legend has it that he used the sword to defend himself from the wolves that attacked and killed him in the woods of Leksvik in 1612.
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