Vestnes Church

Vestnes Church
Vestnes kyrkje
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62°37′39″N 7°05′06″E / 62.62760841858°N 7.08493816859°E / 62.62760841858; 7.08493816859
LocationVestnes Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Foundedc. 14th century
Consecrated1872
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Anders Johnsen Berg
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1872 (152 years ago) (1872)
Specifications
Capacity480
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseMøre bispedømme
DeaneryIndre Romsdal prosti
ParishVestnes
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85815

Vestnes Church (Norwegian: Vestnes kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestnes. It is the church for the Vestnes parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1872 by Anders Johnsen Berg who used plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 480 people.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Vestnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Kyrkjene i Vestnes" (in Norwegian). Vestnes kommune. Retrieved 6 June 2013.