Selje Church

Selje Church
Selje kyrkje
View of the church
Selje Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Selje Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
62°02′56″N 5°20′54″E / 62.0489°N 5.3483°ECoordinates: 62°02′56″N 5°20′54″E / 62.0489°N 5.3483°E
Location	Selje Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Sellø kirke
Consecrated	13 May 1866
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth
Completed	1866
Specifications
Capacity	420
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Selje
Deanery	Nordfjord prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Selje Church (Norwegian: Selje kyrkje) is a parish church in Selje Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Selje. The church is part of the Selje parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1866 to replace an earlier building. The present church was designed by the architect Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 420 people. It was consecrated on 13 May 1866 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland.^[1][2]

History

Selje is an old church site. From the 12th until the 16th century, the old Selje Abbey was a major religious center for the region. It was located on the small island of Selja, just off the coast of the present-day village of Selje. A new church was built on Selja in the 16th century. That church was located on the south side of the island, and it was known as the Fylkeskyrkja. That church was torn down in 1654, and a replacement church was built on the mainland, approximately where the present church stands today. This new church was used from 1654 until 1866 when it was taken down and moved to Leikanger to become the present Leikanger Church. The old church was taken down and moved to make room for building a new, larger Selje Church.^[3][4]

Media gallery

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  Winter view of the church
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  View of the church with small boat houses along the shore
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  View from the southeast
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  Front of the church
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  Side view of the church
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  Close up side view of the church
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  Close up of the church
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  Interior view of altar table

See also

• List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Selje kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
3. "Selje kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2013-09-09.
4. "Selje kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane fylkeskommune: Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2013-09-09.