Sande Church (Sunnmøre)

Sande Church (Norwegian: Sande kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sande Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sande on the southern shore of the island of Sandsøya. It is the church for the Sande parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1880 by the architect Jon Sefland. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

Sande Church
Sande kyrkje
View of the church
Sande Church
Location of the church
Sande Church
Sande Church (Norway)
62.2407°N 5.4429°E / 62.2407; 5.4429
LocationSande Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded14th century
Consecrated30 November 1880
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jon Sefland
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1880
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishSande
DeanerySøre Sunnmøre prosti
DioceseMøre

History

The island of Sandsøya has been a church site since the Middle Ages. The earliest known church was a stave church that was first mentioned in 1329. A historical record from 1709 mentions a cruciform stave church at Sande with two towers, one above the center of the building and a smaller tower above the eastern cross arm. That church was torn down in 1835 and a new church was built on the same spot. The new timber-framed building was heavily damaged in storms in 1863 and in 1874, so Jon Sefland from Nordfjordeid was hired to repair the church, but after studying the church it was decided to tear down the old church. Sefland then designed and built a new church to replace the older one. The new church, designed similarly to the 1835 church, was completed in 1880.[3]

See also
  • List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References
  1. "Sande kyrkje, Sunnmøre". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  3. "Sande kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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