Nordlandet Church

Nordlandet Church (Norwegian: Nordlandet kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the western end of the island of Nordlandet in the town of Kristiansund. It is the church for the Nordlandet parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The gray, stone church was built in a cruciform style in 1914 by the architect Hagbarth Martin Schytte-Berg. The church seats about 700 people.[1][2][3]

Nordlandet Church
Nordlandet kirke
View of the church
Nordlandet Church Location of the church Nordlandet Church Nordlandet Church (Norway)
63.1091°N 7.7481°E
Location	Kristiansund Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	13 Dec 1914
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Hagbarth Martin Schytte-Berg
Architectural type	Cruciform
Completed	1914
Specifications
Capacity	700
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Nordlandet
Deanery	Ytre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese	Møre

History

On 19 December 1872, the Kristiansund City Council decided that the church parish should be divided and a new church was to be erected on the island of Kirklandet and the old church building would be moved to the neighboring island of Nordlandet. Previously, the church had been known as Kristiansund Church, but with two churches, they would get new names. The new church on Kirkelandet would be known as Kirkelandet Church and the old church that would be moved to Nordlandet would be known as Nordlandet Church. The new Kirkelandet Church was designed by Henrik Thrap-Meyer and it was built from 1875–1878 and it was consecrated on 18 September 1878. Budget overruns and large municipal expenditures in general meant that the Nordlandet project was postponed, despite the fact that land was purchased. The old church stood for a few years after the new one was completed before the old church was demolished in 1884.

Years later, in 1914, the new Nordlandet Church was finally constructed. The stone church was based upon designs by the architect Hagbarth Martin Schytte-Berg (1860-1944).[4] The new building was consecrated on 13 December 1914. The church features murals by Emanuel Vigeland. The altarpiece dates from 1850 and was transferred from the old Kristiansund Church, which was demolished in 1884. It is one of the few churches in the area that were not harmed during World War II.[5][6]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Nordlandet kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
3. "Nordlandet Kirke". Kristiansund kommune. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
4. "Hagbarth Martin Schytte-Berg". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
5. "Arkitekter:Hagbarth Martin Schytte-Berg (1860-1944)". artemisia.no. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
6. "Nordlandet kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-05-19.