Melhus Church

Melhus Church, also known as "the Gauldal Cathedral", is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Melhus municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Storsand, about 2 kilometres south of the village of Melhus. It is the church for the Melhus parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti in the Diocese of Nidaros. The gray, stone church was built in a cruciform design in 1892 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm. The church seats about 500 people. The churchyard contains a cemetery.The church contains a controversial oil painting, which has been thought to be a portrait of Petter Dass.