Volda Church

Volda Church
Volda kyrkje

View of the church
Volda Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal county
62°08′45″N 6°04′03″E / 62.1457°N 6.0674°E / 62.1457; 6.0674Coordinates: 62°08′45″N 6°04′03″E / 62.1457°N 6.0674°E / 62.1457; 6.0674
Location Volda Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1200s
Consecrated 1 May 1932
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Arnstein Arneberg
Completed 1932
Specifications
Capacity 800
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Volda
Deanery Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Volda Church (Norwegian: Volda kyrkje; Voldskyrkja) is a parish church in Volda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Volda, along the northeastern shore of the Voldsfjorden. The church is part of the Volda parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The large stone church was built in 1932 to replace an earlier church that burned down on 7 April 1929. It was consecrated on 1 May 1932 by the Bishop Andreas Fleischer. The church was built by the architect Arnstein Arneberg, and it seats about 800 people. The church site dates back to an old stave church that was originally built around the year 1200.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Volda kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Volda kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-08-18.


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