Volda Church

Volda Church
Volda kyrkje
View of the church
Volda Church Location in Møre og Romsdal county Volda Church Location in Møre og Romsdal county
62°08′45″N 6°04′03″E / 62.1457°N 6.0674°ECoordinates: 62°08′45″N 6°04′03″E / 62.1457°N 6.0674°E
Location	Volda Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded	1200s
Consecrated	1 May 1932
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Arnstein Arneberg
Completed	1932
Specifications
Capacity	800
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Volda
Deanery	Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Volda Church (Norwegian: Volda kyrkje; Voldskyrkja) is a parish church in Volda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Volda, along the northeastern shore of the Voldsfjorden. The church is part of the Volda parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The large stone church was built in 1932 to replace an earlier church that burned down on 7 April 1929. It was consecrated on 1 May 1932 by the Bishop Andreas Fleischer. The church was built by the architect Arnstein Arneberg, and it seats about 800 people. The church site dates back to an old stave church that was originally built around the year 1200.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

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