Hustad Church (Fræna)

Hustad Church (Norwegian: Hustad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hustad along the Hustadvika coast. It is the church for the Hustad parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1874 using plans by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2][3]

Hustad Church
Hustad kyrkje
View of the church
Hustad Church Location of the church Hustad Church Hustad Church (Norway)
62.9562°N 7.0971°E
Location	Hustadvika Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1874
Specifications
Capacity	400
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Hustad
Deanery	Molde domprosti
Diocese	Møre

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, but there was likely a church here since the 12th or 13th century. The church in the 1500s was a stave church. At some point, the stave church had deteriorated and a new timber-framed church was built next to it. In 1646, records show that both the old and new churches were still standing. The timber-framed church was a cruciform design. At some point, the old stave church was torn down. In 1718, a lightning strike caused the church to burn down and it took 20 years before it was replaced. In 1738, a new cruciform church was built on the same site. The main part of the building measured 15.7 by 14.5 metres (52 ft × 48 ft). In the 1870s, the church was found to be too small for the congregation, so it was torn down and a new, larger church was built in 1874. The new church was built right outside the old cemetery which surrounded the old church. The church bell and the brass baptismal font from the old 1738 church were saved and installed in the new church. The pulpit and the altarpiece were incorporated into the Sandvig Collections (Sandvigske Samlinger) at Maihaugen in Lillehammer.[4][5]

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See also

• List of churches in Møre

References

1. "Hustad kyrkje, Fræna". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
3. "Hustad kyrkje (Fræna)". lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
4. "Hustad Kyrkjene" (in Norwegian). Fræna kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
5. "Hustad kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

External links

• Hustad kyrkje website