Batalden Chapel

Batalden Chapel
Batalden bedehuskapell
Batalden Chapel Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Batalden Chapel Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°37′14″N 4°49′11″E / 61.620556°N 4.819722°ECoordinates: 61°37′14″N 4°49′11″E / 61.620556°N 4.819722°E
Location	Flora Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	26 Feb 1911
Architecture
Status	Chapel
Functional status	Active
Completed	1907
Specifications
Capacity	100
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Kinn
Deanery	Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Batalden Chapel (Norwegian: Batalden bedehuskapell) is a chapel in Flora Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Fanøya. The chapel is part of the Kinn parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The building was constructed in 1907 as a community centre. Soon after, the residents wanted to use it as a chapel. The "bedehus" chapel, which has a seating capacity of 100, was consecrated for church functions on 26 February 1911.^[1][2]

The name Batalden stems from the big island a little to the north of Fanøya. The chapel was built on the island of Fanøya as a "bedehus" because of the rich herring fisheries where a large number of fishermen from all parts of the coast congregated for long periods of time during the winter months.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
2. "Batalden "bedehus" Chapel". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
3. "Batalden chapel". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-11-14.