| Grip Stave Church | |
|---|---|
| Grip stavkyrkje | |
 View of the church | |
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| 63°13′11″N 7°35′38″E / 63.219730922°N 7.5939071775°E | |
| Location | Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | c. 1470 |
| Consecrated | c. 1470 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Preserved (Used in summer) |
| Architectural type | Møre type stave church |
| Completed | c. 1470 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Møre bispedømme |
| Deanery | Ytre Nordmøre prosti |
| Parish | Kristiansund |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 84428 |
Grip Stave Church (Norwegian: Grip stavkyrkje) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the now-abandoned fishing village of Grip on the small island of Grip about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the town of Kristiansund. It is an annex church for the Kristiansund parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a rectangular stave church style in 1470 by an unknown architect.[1][2][3]
With only one nave that is 12 metres (39 ft) long, 6.5 metres (21 ft) wide, and 6 metres (20 ft) high, it is one of Norway's smallest churches. The priest no longer lived in the parish after the year 1635, but regularly visited the island. Grip has been an annex to the Kristiansund church parish since 1967. The church is also one of the most remote of the existing stave churches in Norway since it sits on a small island about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) off the mainland coast.[4]
Located in a now-abandoned fishing village, the church is only used in the summer season, when both summer residents and tourists attend worship services every third Sunday, led by a priest from Kristiansund.
- ^ "Grip stavkirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ Store norske leksikon. "Grip Stavkirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ "Grip" (in Norwegian). Stavkirke.info. Retrieved 22 November 2010.