Stranda Church

Coordinates: 62°18′30″N 6°56′51″E / 62.3083°N 6.9475°E / 62.3083; 6.9475
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Stranda Church
Stranda kyrkje / Sløgstad kyrkje
View of the church
Stranda Church is located in Møre og Romsdal
Stranda Church
Stranda Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Stranda Church is located in Norway
Stranda Church
Stranda Church
Stranda Church (Norway)
62°18′30″N 6°56′51″E / 62.3083°N 6.9475°E / 62.3083; 6.9475
LocationStranda Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Completed1838
Specifications
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Møre
DeaneryAustre Sunnmøre prosti
ParishStranda

Stranda Church (Norwegian: Stranda kyrkje), also known as Sløgstad Church, is a parish church in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stranda, along the western shore of the Storfjorden. The church is part of the Stranda parish in the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1838 to replace an older church on the site. There has been a church at this site for centuries. The earliest known church on the site was a stave church that was destroyed in 1731 by a small tsunami caused by a rockslide into the fjord.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ "Stranda kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-06-28.