Sande Church (Sunnmøre)

Sande Church
Sande kyrkje
Sande Church Location in Møre og Romsdal county Sande Church Location in Møre og Romsdal county
62°14′27″N 5°26′34″E / 62.2407°N 5.4429°ECoordinates: 62°14′27″N 5°26′34″E / 62.2407°N 5.4429°E
Location	Sande Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	30 November 1880
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jon Sefland
Completed	1880
Specifications
Capacity	400
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Sande
Deanery	Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Sande Church (Norwegian: Sande kyrkje) is a parish church in Sande Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sande on the southern shore of the island of Sandsøya. The church is part of the Sande parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in 1880 by the architect Jon Sefland. The church seats about 400 people.^[1][2]

History

Sandsøya has been a church site since the Middle Ages. The earliest known church was a stave church that was first mentioned in 1329. A historical record from 1709 mentions a church at Sande with two towers. That church was torn down in 1835. A new church was built on the same spot but it was heavily damaged in storms in 1863 and in 1874, so Jon Sefland from Nordfjordeid was hired to repair the church, but after studying the church it was decided to tear down the old church. Sefland then designed and built a new church to replace the older one. The new church was completed in 1880.

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Sande kyrkje, Sunnmøre". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-08-23.