Vigra Church | |
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Vigra kyrkje | |
62°33′49″N 6°04′41″E / 62.5637493365°N 6.07816189527°E | |
Location | Giske Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 24 January 1894 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Gabriel Smith |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1894 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 500 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Møre bispedømme |
Deanery | Nordre Sunnmøre prosti |
Parish | Vigra |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85832 |
Vigra Church (Norwegian: Vigra kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Haram Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the island of Vigra, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the village of Roald. It is the church for the Vigra 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 design in 1894 using plans drawn up by the architect Gabriel Smith. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]