Ålhus Church

Ålhus Church
Ålhus kyrkje
View of the church
Ålhus Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Ålhus Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°31′51″N 6°14′03″E / 61.5308°N 6.2341°ECoordinates: 61°31′51″N 6°14′03″E / 61.5308°N 6.2341°E
Location	Jølster Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Gunder Gregoriussen Støfringshaug
Completed	1795
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Ålhus
Deanery	Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Ålhus Church (Norwegian: Ålhus kyrkje) is a parish church in Jølster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålhus on the northern shore of the lake Jølstravatnet. The church is part of the Ålhus parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.^[1][2]

History

Ålhus Church was built in 1795, on the same spot as a stave church from the Middle Ages. The white, wooden church was designed by the architect Gunder Gregoriussen Støfringshaug. The new Ålhus Church was restored in 1868 and again between 1947 and 1951. In the porch of the church there is a door that is said to be from a castle that belonged to Audun Hugleiksson.^[3]

Media gallery

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  View of the church from 1926
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  View of the church
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  The old door from the castle

See also

• List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Ålhus kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
3. "Ålhus Church". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-11-25.