Sæle Church
| Sæle Church | |
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| Sæle kyrkje | |
 View of the church | |
  Sæle Church | |
| 61°06′45″N 6°23′21″E / 61.1124°N 6.3891°ECoordinates: 61°06′45″N 6°23′21″E / 61.1124°N 6.3891°E | |
| Location |
Balestrand Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 28 April 1903 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Hans Jacob Sparre |
| Completed | 1903 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 170 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Balestrand |
| Deanery | Ytre Sogn prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Sæle Church (Norwegian: Sæle kyrkje) is a parish church in Balestrand Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sæle, on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden. The church is part of the Balestrand parish in the Ytre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The yellow, wooden church, which has 170 seats, was built in 1903. It was consecrated on 28 April 1903 by the Bishop Johan Willoch Erichsen. The architect Hans Jacob Sparre from Oslo made the Romanesque-revival style designs for the building. Sæle Church was built to replace the centuries-old stone Kvamsøy Church on the nearby island of Kvamsøy. Sæle Church (and Kvamsøy Church before that) have always belonged to Vik parish (and municipality), but in 1964, it was transferred to Balestrand parish (and municipality).[1][2][3]
Media gallery
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Front of the church
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Back side of the church
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Interior of the church
See also
References
- ↑ "Sæle kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
- ↑ "Sæle kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
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