Ålfoten Church

Ålfoten Church
Ålfoten kyrkje
View of the church
Ålfoten Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Ålfoten Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°50′23″N 5°40′40″E / 61.8396°N 5.6779°ECoordinates: 61°50′23″N 5°40′40″E / 61.8396°N 5.6779°E
Location	Bremanger Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	Ålfoten Church
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Style	Langkyrkje (Long church)
Completed	c. 1610
Specifications
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Ålfoten
Deanery	Nordfjord prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Ålfoten Church (Norwegian: Ålfoten kyrkje) is a parish church in Bremanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålfoten, very close to the shore of the Ålfotfjorden. The church is part of the Ålfoten parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The cog-joint wooden "long church" was built in the 17th century to replace an older church.^[1][2]

Ålfoten Church, which can seat 100 people, was built in the 17th century. The present church was built on or near the site of a 13th-century stave church. For a long time, the year 1678 was believed to be the year of the construction, but it probably dates from about 1610.^[3] This church is the oldest wooden church still standing in the Nordfjord region of Norway. It is a small, modest church with a small stone wall around the churchyard. The interior is almost all unpainted. The interior was restored in the late 1970s.^[3][4]

References

1. "Ålfoten kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
3. "Ålfoten church". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
4. "Trangt under taket i Ålfot-kyrkja" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2007. Retrieved 2008-09-28.