Emigrant Church, Sletta

The Emigrant Church at Sletta (Norwegian: Emigrantkyrkja på Sletta) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sletta, but it originally stood in Brampton Township in the state of North Dakota in the United States. It is an annex chapel in the Radøy parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1]

Emigrant Church at Sletta
Emigrantskyrkje på Sletta
View of the church
60°41′04″N 5°03′06″E
LocationAlver Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Brampton Lutheran Church
StatusChapel
Founded1997
Consecrated1997
EventsMoved to Sletta in 1997
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1921 (1921)
Specifications
Capacity150
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
DeaneryNordhordland prosti
ParishRadøy

The white, wooden church was built in the early 1900s in the rural township of Brampton in the US state of North Dakota. The small Lutheran Church existed for many decades until it closed. In 1997, a group of Norwegian-Americans in North Dakota gave the church to a group of Norwegians who wanted to move it to Norway. It now stands on the island of Radøy as part of the Western Norway Emigration Center. The church was consecrated in 1997 by the Bishop Ole Danbolt Hagesæther, and it was given the name Emigrantkirka på Sletta.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. "Western Norwegian Emigration Centre". Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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