Vanylven Church

Vanylven Church
Vanylven kyrkje

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Vanylven Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Vanylven Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Coordinates: 62°04′30″N 5°31′31″E / 62.0749°N 5.5253°E / 62.0749; 5.5253
Location Vanylven Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Georg Andreas Bull
Completed 1864
Specifications
Capacity 320
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Vanylven
Deanery Søre Sunnmøre
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Vanylven Church (Norwegian: Vanylven kyrkje) is a parish church in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Slagnes, on the shore of the Vanylvsfjorden. The church is part of the Vanylven parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white brick church was built in 1864 by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church seats about 320 people.[1][2]

History

The church was built in 1864 to replace the old Saint Jetmund Church, located in the nearby village of Åheim. The new location at Slagnes was chosen since it was between the two large villages of Åheim and Fiskåbygd.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vanylven kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  3. ↑ "Vanylven kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kulturnett.no. Retrieved 2011-04-15.


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