Sør-Vågsøy Church

Sør-Vågsøy Church (Norwegian: Sør-Vågsøy kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Måløy on the southeastern coast of the island of Vågsøy. It is the church for the Sør-Vågsøy parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1907 by the architect Lars Sølvberg. The church seats about 600 people.[1][2]

Sør-Vågsøy Church
Sør-Vågsøy kyrkje
View of the church
61°55′49″N 5°06′39″E
LocationKinn Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1907
Consecrated1907
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Lars Sølvberg
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNeo-Gothic
Completed1907 (1907)
Specifications
Capacity600
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
DeaneryNordfjord prosti
ParishSør-Vågsøy
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85065

History

Historically, the island of Vågsøy was part of the Selje Church parish. In 1900, the Vågsøy area was made into a separate parish with Vågsøy Church serving the whole parish. Soon after, there were demands for a new church to be built in Måløy that would serve the southern part of the island. In 1905, the fairly new parish of Vågsøy was divided into two parishes. Vågsøy Church would be renamed Nord-Vågsøy Church and it would serve the northern part of the island and a new Sør-Vågsøy Church would be built for the southern part of the island. The new church was designed by Lars Sølvberg from Utvik. Construction on the new church began in 1906. On 5 September 1907, Sør-Vågsøy Church was consecrated by Bishop Johan Willoch Erichsen. The church is a neo-Gothic, wooden long church with a choir on the north end of the nave with a sacristy on each side of the choir. The church porch is on the south end of the nave and it has a tower above it. The altarpiece was painted in 1907 by artist Sveinung Aanondsen (1854-1919).[3] The church was extensively renovated in 1951–1952. At this time, new stained glass windows were added in the eight large windows in the nave's long walls, electrical heating was added, and a bathroom was built. In 2006, the church porch was enlarged to all a meeting room, cloak room, and bathrooms. On 1 January 2020, the island of Vågsøy became a part of the newly created Kinn Municipality (before that, it was part of Vågsøy Municipality).[4][5][6]

  • View of the present church
    View of the present church
  • View of the present church
    View of the present church
  • View of the church in 1930
    View of the church in 1930
  • View of the church in 1930
    View of the church in 1930

See also

References
  1. "Sør-Vågsøy kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. Arne Brenna; Ingrid Reed Thomsen (27 February 2017). "Sveinung Anondsen". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  4. Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Sør-Vågsøy kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. "Sør-vågsøy kirkested". Kulturminnesøk (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  6. "Sør-Vågsøy kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). 30 October 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2021.

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