Norum Church

Norum Church
Norum kyrkje
Norum Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°10′15″N 6°59′40″E / 61.1707°N 6.9944°E / 61.1707; 6.9944Coordinates: 61°10′15″N 6°59′40″E / 61.1707°N 6.9944°E / 61.1707; 6.9944
Location Sogndal Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed 1863
Specifications
Capacity 230
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Norum
Deanery Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Norum Church (Norwegian: Norum kyrkje) is a parish church in Sogndal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nornes, on the northern shore of the Sogndalsfjorden. The church is part of the Norum parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 230 seats, was consecrated in 1863. The architect Christian Henrik Grosch made the designs for the building. In earlier times, the church has been called Ylhmeim Church (or Ølmheim Church), after the name of the nearby farm; however, since about 1840 Norum has been the name of both the church and the parish.[1][2][3]

History

The first church at this location was a stave church that was probably built in the 13th century. That church burned down in 1700 or 1701. A new cruciform church was built in 1703 to replace it. That church was demolished in 1863 and replaced with the present church.

On 15 January 1989, lightning struck the tower and it started burning. The fire department was alerted and arrived quickly enough that they had extinguished the fire before the whole church was destroyed. The tower was re-built in the autumn of the same year, and it looks the same as before.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Norum kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  3. ↑ "Norum kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  4. ↑ "Norum kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogndal kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2014-02-12.



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