Stemshaug Church

Stemshaug Church (Norwegian: Stemshaug kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stemshaug. It is the church for the Stemshaug parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1908 by the architect Hans Jakob Sparre. The architect used a dragestil design for the church. The church was consecrated on 9 December 1908 and it seats about 300 people.[1][2][3][4]

View of the church at its consecration in 1908.

Stemshaug Church
Stemshaug kirke
View of the church
Stemshaug Church Location of the church Stemshaug Church Stemshaug Church (Norway)
63.3277°N 8.6951°E
Location	Aure Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Hans Jakob Sparre
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1908
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Stemshaug
Deanery	Ytre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese	Møre

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Stemshaug kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
3. "Stemshaug kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
4. Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227.