Sunnylven Church

Sunnylven Church
Sunnylven kyrkje
View of the Sunnylven Church at Hellesylt
Credit: Miguel Angel Barroso Lorenzo
Map
62°05′07″N 6°51′58″E / 62.0853880779°N 6.8661750556°E / 62.0853880779; 6.8661750556
LocationStranda Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded12th century
Consecrated7 August 1859
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ludolph Rolfsen
Hans Linstow
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1859 (165 years ago) (1859)
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseMøre bispedømme
DeaneryNordre Sunnmøre prosti
ParishSunnylven
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID85003

Sunnylven Church (Norwegian: Sunnylven kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hellesylt, at the end of the Sunnylvsfjorden. It is the church for the Sunnylven parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1859 by the builder Ludolph Rolfsen who used plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Sunnylven kyrkje, Hellesylt". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 25 August 2019.