Helgheim Church

Helgheim Church (Norwegian: Helgheim kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Helgheim, right on the shore of the lake Jølstravatnet. It is the church for the Helgheim 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 1877 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

Helgheim Church
Helgheim kyrkje
View of the church
Helgheim Church
Location of the church
Helgheim Church
Helgheim Church (Norway)
61.5607°N 6.4001°E / 61.5607; 6.4001
LocationSunnfjord Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated28 November 1877
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1877
Specifications
Capacity500
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishHelgheim
DeanerySunnfjord prosti
DioceseBjørgvin

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new at that time. The original Helgheim Church was likely a stave church. The medieval church was torn down during the first half of the 1600s and replaced with a timber-framed church. In 1876, construction of a new church was begun beside the old church (and slightly overlapping the footprint of the old building). The old church was torn down as the construction progressed. The new church was consecrated on 28 November 1877 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland.[3]

  • View of the church from the 1880s-1890s
  • Front view
  • View of the main entrance with the lake in the background
  • Side view of the church

See also

References
  1. "Helgheim kyrkje, Jølster". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  3. "Helgheim Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
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