Ålfoten Church
| Ålfoten Church | |
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| Ålfoten kyrkje | |
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  Ålfoten Church Location of the church  Ålfoten Church Ålfoten Church (Norway) | |
| 61°50′23″N 5°40′40″E / 61.8396°N 5.6779°E | |
| Location | Bremanger Municipality, Vestland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Website | https://kyrkja.no/bremanger |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 13th century |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | c. 1620 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Bjørgvin |
| Deanery | Nordfjord prosti |
| Parish | Ålfoten |
Ålfoten Church (Template:Lang-no) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålfoten, very close to the shore of the Ålfotfjorden. It is the church for the Ålfoten parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, cog-joint, wooden church was built in a long church style during the 17th century by an unknown architect. The church seats about 100 people.[1][2]
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1330, but the stave church was built sometime before that. The old church was torn down during the 17th century and replaced with the present church which was built on the same site (or very near the same site) of the old church. For a long time, the year 1678 was believed to be the year of the construction, but it probably dates from about 1610-1620.[3] This church is the oldest wooden church still standing in the Nordfjord region of Norway. It is a small, modest church with no tower and a small stone wall around the churchyard. The interior is almost all unpainted. The interior was restored in the late 1970s.[3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ "Ålfoten kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ a b "Ålfoten church". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Trangt under taket i Ålfot-kyrkja" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Ålfoten kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
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