Sykkylven Church
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Sykkylven Church | |
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Sykkylven kyrkje | |
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62°23′54″N 6°35′02″E / 62.3983°N 6.5839°E | |
Location | Sykkylven Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Events | 2 Feb 1983: old church burned down |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Oskar Nordervald |
Completed | 1990 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 800 |
Materials | Concrete |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Møre |
Deanery | Austre Sunnmøre prosti |
Parish | Sykkylven |
Sykkylven Church (Norwegian: Sykkylven kyrkje) is a parish church in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aure. The church is part of the Sykkylven parish in the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The concrete and brick church was built in 1990 by the architect Oskar F. Norderval and it was consecrated on 15 April 1990 by the Bishop Ole Nordhaug. The church seats about 800 people. This church was built to replace an earlier church that burned down on 2 February 1983. That church was 100 years old when it burned down.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Sykkylven kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
- ^ "Sykkylven kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sykkylven menighet. Retrieved 2013-07-01.