Stranda Church

Stranda Church
Stranda kyrkje / Sløgstad kyrkje

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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°E / 62.3083; 6.9475Coordinates: 62°18′30″N 6°56′51″E / 62.3083°N 6.9475°E / 62.3083; 6.9475
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

References

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



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