Sande Church (Gaular)

Sande Church (Norwegian: Sande kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sande. It is one of the four churches for the Gaular parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1864 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Sande Church
Sande kyrkje
View of the church
Sande Church
Location of the church
Sande Church
Sande Church (Norway)
61.3270°N 5.7933°E / 61.3270; 5.7933
LocationSunnfjord Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated5 Dec 1864
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hans Linstow (1864)
Johan Lindstrøm (1940s)
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1864
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishGaular
DeanerySunnfjord prosti
DioceseBjørgvin

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1327, but it was not new at that time. The original building was likely a stave church. Around the year 1620, the church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed church on the same site. The main body of the church measured 10 by 9.5 metres (33 ft × 31 ft). In 1864, the church was torn down and replaced with the present church. The new church was built in 1864 and it was consecrated on 5 December 1864. In the 1940s, the church was significantly rebuilt using drawings by Johan Lindstrøm. The church seats about 300 people and it [3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Sande kyrkje, Gaular". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. "Sande kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  4. "Sande kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
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