Kornstad Church

Kornstad Church
Kornstad kyrkje
View of the church
Kornstad Church Location in Møre og Romsdal Kornstad Church Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°57′54″N 7°27′24″E / 62.9649°N 7.4566°ECoordinates: 62°57′54″N 7°27′24″E / 62.9649°N 7.4566°E
Location	Averøy Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Completed	1871
Specifications
Capacity	350
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Kornstad
Deanery	Ytre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Kornstad Church (Norwegian: Kornstad kyrkje) is a parish church in Averøy Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kornstad on the western coast of the island of Averøya, along the Kornstadfjorden. The church is part of the Kornstad parish in the Ytre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white wooden church was built in 1871 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 350 people.^[1]

History

The first church at Kornstad was built before 17 June 1386 when the State Archives in Trondheim says there was a mass held at Kornstad Church. That church existed for a long time and was probably the one that was torn down in 1871 when the present church was built. There may have been a second church built at some point in between the first church and the present church, but that is not definitively known. The present church was built in 1871 and many items from the old church were saved and re-used in the present church. Some of those items include the church bells and the two altar candlesticks.^[2]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Kornstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-04.
2. "Kornstad Kirke" (in Norwegian). Averøy Kirkelige Fellesråd.