Høyanger Church Explained

Høyanger Church
Fullname:Høyanger kyrkje
Coordinates:61.218°N 6.0777°W
Location:Høyanger Municipality,
Vestland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Bjørgvin bispedømme
Parish:Høyanger
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1960
Consecrated Date:11 Sept 1960
Architect:Arnstein Arneberg
and Olav Platou
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Concrete
Capacity:374

Høyanger Church (Norwegian: Høyanger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Høyanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Høyanger. It is the church for the Høyanger parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in a long church design in 1960 using plans drawn up by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Olav Platou. The church seats about 374 people.[1] [2]

History

Plans for a church in the growing community of Høyanger began in 1923, but due to uncertain economic times, the plans were put on hold. In 1938, a plot of land was donated for the church and some initial site work began, but they were again paused upon the outbreak of World War II. After the war, new plans were drawn up by Arnstein Arneberg and Olav S. Platou. The Norsk Aluminium Company (NACO) was responsible for the construction and gave the church for free to the community. The Mayor Albert Hellem thought that the church's gift was the greatest thing that had happened to Høyanger, second only to the actual start of the industry. The church was consecrated on 11 September 1960 by the Bishop Ragnvald Indrebø.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Høyanger kyrkje . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen . 2019-12-01.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian . 2019-12-01.
  3. Web site: Henden Aaraas . Margrethe . Vengen . Sigurd . Gjerde . Anders . Høyanger kyrkje . Fylkesarkivet . Norwegian . 2019-12-01.
  4. Web site: Høyanger kirke . 2021-09-26 . Norges-Kirker.no . Norwegian.