Stranda Church

Stranda Church
Stranda kyrkje / Sløgstad kyrkje
View of the church
Stranda Church Location in Møre og Romsdal Stranda Church Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°18′30″N 6°56′51″E / 62.3083°N 6.9475°ECoordinates: 62°18′30″N 6°56′51″E / 62.3083°N 6.9475°E
Location	Stranda Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	1838
Specifications
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Stranda
Deanery	Austre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Stranda Church (Norwegian: Stranda kyrkje), also known as Sløgstad Church, is a parish church in Stranda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stranda, along the western shore of the Storfjorden. The church is part of the Stranda parish in the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1838 to replace an older church on the site. There has been a church at this site for centuries. The earliest known church on the site was a stave church that was destroyed in 1731 by a small tsunami caused by a rockslide into the fjord.^[1][2]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Stranda kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-06-28.