Vågøy Church

Vågøy Church
Vågøy kyrkje
Vågøy Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°49′22″N 7°01′48″E / 62.8227°N 7.0300°E / 62.8227; 7.0300Coordinates: 62°49′22″N 7°01′48″E / 62.8227°N 7.0300°E / 62.8227; 7.0300
Location Fræna Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ole Havnæs
Completed 1904
Specifications
Capacity 550
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vågøy
Deanery Molde domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Vågøy Church (Norwegian: Vågøy kyrkje) is a parish church in Fræna Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Vågøya at the entrance to the Frænfjorden. The church is part of the Vågøy parish in the Molde arch-deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white wooden church was built in 1904 by the architect Ole Havnæs. The church seats about 550 people.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Vågøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  2. "Myrbostad Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fræna kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-05-07.



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