Gimmestad Church

Gimmestad Church
Gimmestad kyrkje

View of the church
Gimmestad Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°46′17″N 6°09′24″E / 61.7715°N 6.1566°E / 61.7715; 6.1566Coordinates: 61°46′17″N 6°09′24″E / 61.7715°N 6.1566°E / 61.7715; 6.1566
Location Gloppen Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 19 Dec 1910
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff
Completed 1910
Specifications
Capacity 315
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Gimmestad
Deanery Nordfjord prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Gimmestad Church (Norwegian: Gimmestad kyrkje) is a parish church in Gloppen Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørstranda, right along the shore of the Gloppefjorden. The church is part of the Gimmestad parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1910 by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church seats about 315 people. The church was consecrated on 19 December 1910 and it replaced the Old Gimmestad Church.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gimmestad kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-10-24.
  3. ↑ "Gimmestad kyrkje" (in Norwegian). NRK Fylkesleksikon. Retrieved 2013-10-24.


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