Hopen Church

Hopen Church
Hopen kirke

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Hopen Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Hopen Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
63°27′57″N 8°00′48″E / 63.4659°N 8.0133°E / 63.4659; 8.0133Coordinates: 63°27′57″N 8°00′48″E / 63.4659°N 8.0133°E / 63.4659; 8.0133
Location Smøla Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Adolph Schirmer
Completed 1892
Specifications
Capacity 260
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Hopen
Deanery Ytre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Hopen Church (Norwegian: Hopen kirke) is a parish church in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hopen, along the northern coast of the island of Smøla. The church is part of the Hopen parish in the Ytre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in 1892 by the architect Adolph Schirmer. The church seats about 260 people. The church was the main church for the old municipality of Hopen. Hopen municipality was merged into Smøla in 1960 and today this is one of three churches for the municipality of Smøla.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hopen kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-04-07.



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