Vistdal Church

Vistdal Church
Vistdal kyrkje
View of the church
Vistdal Church Location in Møre og Romsdal
62°43′14″N 7°56′09″E / 62.7206°N 7.9357°ECoordinates: 62°43′14″N 7°56′09″E / 62.7206°N 7.9357°E
Location	Nesset Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Completed	1869
Specifications
Capacity	270
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Vistdal
Deanery	Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Vistdal Church (Norwegian: Vistdal kyrkje) is a parish church in Nesset Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myklebostad. The church is part of the Vistdal parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white wooden church was built in 1869 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 270 people.^[1][2]

History

There was a stave church in the Vistdal valley, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Myklebostad, in the Middle Ages. That church was replaced in 1660 by a new cruciform church that was built in Myklebostad. That church lasted until 1869 when a new church (the present church) was built to replace the older one.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Vistdal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
3. "Vistdal kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kulturnett: Møre og Romsdal. Retrieved 2013-05-26.