Fortun Church

Fortun Church
Fortun kyrkje

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Fortun Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°29′42″N 7°41′20″E / 61.4951°N 7.6888°E / 61.4951; 7.6888Coordinates: 61°29′42″N 7°41′20″E / 61.4951°N 7.6888°E / 61.4951; 7.6888
Location Luster Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Erik Pedersen Rusten
Completed 1879
Specifications
Capacity 230
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Fortun
Deanery Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Fortun Church (Norwegian: Fortun kyrkje) is a parish church in Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fortun. The church is part of the Fortun parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 230 seats, was built and consecrated in 1879. The architect Erik Pedersen Rusten made the designs for the building.[1][2]

The present church replaced a stave church which was built around 1160 to 1180. The church was to be demolished in 1882, but instead it was bought. The church was bought by consul Fredrik Georg Gade and he saved it by moving it in pieces to Fantoft in Bergen in 1883. Now, it is called Fantoft Stave Church. The original stave church was lost in an arson fire in 1992. Soon after, a replica was built on the same site, but virtually all of the old parts from Fortun stave church were lost.[3]

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  1. ↑ "Fortun kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
  3. ↑ "Fortun kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-21.


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