Fortun Church
| Fortun Church | |
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| Fortun kyrkje | |
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  Fortun Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county  Fortun Church Fortun Church (Norway) | |
| 61°29′42″N 7°41′20″E / 61.4951°N 7.6888°E | |
| Location | Luster Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Erik Pedersen Rusten |
| Completed | 1879 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 230 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
| Deanery | Indre Sogn prosti |
| Parish | Fortun |
Fortun Church (Norwegian: Fortun kyrkje) is a parish church in Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fortun. The church is part of the Fortun parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 230 seats, was built and consecrated in 1879. The architect Erik Pedersen Rusten designed the building.[1][2]
The present church replaced a stave church which was built sometime between 1160 and 1180. The church was to be demolished in 1882, but consul Fredrik Georg Gade bought the building and saved it by moving it in pieces to Fantoft in Bergen in 1883. Now it is called Fantoft Stave Church. The original stave church was lost in an arson fire in 1992. Soon after, a replica was built on the same site, but virtually all of the old parts from Fortun stave church had been lost.[3]
Media gallery
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Exterior view -
View of the church in the late 19th century -
View of the old stave church before it was moved to Bergen
See also
References
- ^ "Fortun kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ^ "Fortun kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
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