Volsdalen Church
Volsdalen Church | |
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Volsdalen kyrkje | |
62°28′17″N 6°11′19″E / 62.4714351157°N 6.18856135009°ECoordinates: 62°28′17″N 6°11′19″E / 62.4714351157°N 6.18856135009°E | |
Location | Ålesund Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1964 |
Consecrated | 19 May 1974 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | |
Architectural type | Rectangular |
Completed | 1974 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 500 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Volsdalen |
Deanery | Nordre Sunnmøre prosti |
Diocese | Møre bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85867 |
Volsdalen Church (Norwegian: Volsdalen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the south side of the island of Nørvøya in the town of Ålesund. It is the church for the Volsdalen parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The red, wooden church was built in a rectangular design in 1974 using plans drawn up by the architect . The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]
History[]
In 1957, planning began for a church for Volsdalen area to the east of the city centre of Ålesund. An architectural competition for the design of the new church was won by . Construction for a new church was delayed due to a lack of funding. An interim church building was consecrated in 1964 for temporary use. In 1965, the Volsdalen area was separated from the Ålesund Church parish and it was established as a new parish of Volsdalen. In the 1970s, the builder and seafaring priest Bjørn Siem accelerated matters. He reworked the drawings to reduce costs, and a lot of volunteer work was done to construct the new church. The building was completed in 1974 and it was consecrated on 19 May 1974.[3]
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References[]
- ^ "Volsdalen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Volsdalen kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- Buildings and structures in Ålesund
- Churches in Møre og Romsdal
- Rectangular churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1974
- 1964 establishments in Norway