Leikanger Church (Herøy)

Leikanger Church
Leikanger kyrkje

View of the church
Leikanger Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal county
62°14′57″N 5°46′54″E / 62.2492°N 5.7817°E / 62.2492; 5.7817Coordinates: 62°14′57″N 5°46′54″E / 62.2492°N 5.7817°E / 62.2492; 5.7817
Location Leikong, Herøy, Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Museum
Functional status Historic
Architect(s) Elling Olsson Walbøe
Style Octagonal
Completed 1807
Specifications
Capacity 380
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Leikanger[1]
Deanery Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Leikanger Church (Norwegian: Leikanger kyrkje) is an octagonal church in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leikong on the eastern coast of the island of Gurskøya. The church is part of the Leikanger parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.[1][2]

The church building is a wood (log) construction that seats 380 people. It was originally erected in the village of Sjøholt in Ørskog Municipality in 1807. It was then purchased and relocated to Leikong in Herøy in 1872.[3][4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Leikanger kyrkje, Herøy". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. ↑ Grimstad, Arnljot (2012): Korleis det kom kyrkje på Leikong. Årsskrift 2012, Ørskog historielag, hefte nr 22.
  4. ↑ Ekroll, Øystein (2012): Sunnmørskyrkjene - historie, kunst og arkitektur (foto: Per Eide). Bla: Larsnes.
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