Rugsund Church | |
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Rugsund kyrkje | |
61°53′14″N 5°20′40″E / 61.8872869673°N 5.34445434808°E | |
Location | Bremanger Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Website | kyrkja |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 2 September 1838 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Hans Linstow |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1838 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 400 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Nordfjord prosti |
Parish | Rugsund |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85323 |
Rugsund Church (Norwegian: Rugsund kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the Hessevågen farm on the mainland side of the village of Rugsund, on the southern coast of the Nordfjorden. It is the church for the Rugsund parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1838 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]