Bulandet Chapel

Bulandet Chapel
Bulandet bedehuskapell
Bulandet Chapel Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Bulandet Chapel Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°17′02″N 4°37′38″E / 61.28388°N 4.62722°ECoordinates: 61°17′02″N 4°37′38″E / 61.28388°N 4.62722°E
Location	Askvoll Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	27 July 1909
Architecture
Status	Chapel
Functional status	Active
Completed	1905
Specifications
Capacity	170
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Askvoll
Deanery	Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Bulandet Chapel (Norwegian: Bulandet bedehuskapell) is a chapel in Gaular Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the Kjempeneset point on the island of Musøya in the Bulandet islands. The chapel is part of the Askvoll parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden building was constructed in 1905 as a bedehus, and it was consecrated as a chapel on 27 July 1909 by the dean for the Sunnfjord deanery, Henrik Borchgrevink.^[1]

Bulandet has been the site of a church since the Middle Ages. There was once an old chapel on the island of Gjelsa in the Bulandet islands, but that was torn down in 1813. Before that church was built, records show that there once was a church on the nearby island of Kyrkøyna (lit. "the Church Island"). The present chapel sits on the Kjempeneset peninsula, which was an very suitable location choice for the third church building since it was the centre of the village area for the islands. In addition to the chapel, there are homes, an inn, and a shop at that site.^[2]

See also

• List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
2. "Bulandet bedehus chapel". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-12-04.