Vartdal Church | |
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Vartdal kyrkje | |
62°19′28″N 6°08′29″E / 62.3245663547°N 6.14128768444°E | |
Location | Ørsta, Møre og Romsdal |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1876 |
Consecrated | 1876 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Heinrich Ernst Schirmer Wilhelm von Hanno |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1876 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 360 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Møre bispedømme |
Deanery | Søre Sunnmøre prosti |
Parish | Vartdal |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85774 |
Vartdal Church (Norwegian: Vartdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordre Vartdal, along the Vartdalsfjorden. It is the church for the Vartdal 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 design in 1876 using plans drawn up by the architects Heinrich Ernst Schirmer and Wilhelm von Hanno. The church seats about 360 people.[1][2]