Herøy Church

Herøy Church
Herøy kyrkje
View of the church
Herøy Church Location in Møre og Romsdal county Herøy Church Location in Møre og Romsdal county
62°20′09″N 5°38′11″E / 62.3357°N 5.6364°ECoordinates: 62°20′09″N 5°38′11″E / 62.3357°N 5.6364°E
Location	Herøy Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Kine Tambs and Hans Petter Madsø
Completed	2003
Specifications
Capacity	700
Materials	Concrete
Administration
Parish	Herøy
Deanery	Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Herøy Church (Norwegian: Herøy kyrkje) is a parish church in Herøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the town of Fosnavåg, on the island of Bergsøya. The church is part of the Herøy parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The concrete church was completed in 2003 to replace an older church. It was built by the architects Kino Tambs and Hans Petter Madsø from an architecture firm from Trondheim. The church was consecrated on 16 February 2003 by the Bishop Odd Bondevik. The church seats about 700 people.^[1][2]

History

The first "Herøy Church" was built during the Middle Ages on the small island of Herøya, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of the present church. This was a small stone church and it was the main church for all of the outer Sunnmøre area. The church was demolished in 1859 and replaced by a wooden church. In 1916 the parish getting large and it was divided so that there would be a church for the outer islands and a church for the inner areas of the municipality. Since the church on Herøya was in the middle, it was decided to tear that one down and build two new churches elsewhere. The same year, a new main church for Herøy was built in Fosnavåg and Indre Herøy Church was built on the island of Gurskøy. Herøy Church burned down the night of Boxing Day 1998 . Many works of art from the Middle Ages were lost in the fire. The new (present) church was completed in 2003.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Herøy kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
3. "Om Herøy kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Herøy kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-08-20.