Stordal Church
{{short description|Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway}}
{{Infobox church
|name = Stordal Church
|fullname = Stordal kyrkje
|former name =
|image = Stordalkyrkje1-HH.jpg
|caption = View of the church
|website =
|coordinates = {{coord|62.382549469|7.0004898906|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|location = Fjord Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
|country = Norway
|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran
|denomination = Church of Norway
|diocese = Møre bispedømme
|deanery = Nordre Sunnmøre prosti
|parish = Stordal
|status = Parish church
|functional status = Active
|founded date = 1907
|consecrated date = 1907
|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1907}}
|closed date =
|events =
|architect = Jens Z.M. Kielland
|architectural type = Long church
|style =
|materials = Wood
|capacity = 270
|embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
|embed = yes
|Type = Church
|Status = Listed
|ID = 85579
}} }}
Stordal Church ({{langx|no|Stordal kyrkje}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Fjord Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stordal. It is the church for the Stordal parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1907 using plans drawn up by the architect Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland. The church seats about 270 people. The church has a large steeple in the front.{{Cite web |title=Stordal kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/152600201 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2019-08-17}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-08-17}}
History
The church was built in 1907 to replace the Old Stordal Church, located about {{convert|700|m}} to the east. The new church was built in 1907. It has a large tower on the west end of the nave. On the east end of the nave lies the choir which has a semi-circular apse on the east end. The choir is flanked by sacristies with slightly unusual shapes.{{Cite web |title=Stordal kyrkjestad |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85579 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-08-17}}{{Cite web |title=Stordal nye kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/more-og-romsdal/stordal-nye-kirke/ |access-date=2021-07-30 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}
Media gallery
2020-07 Stordal kirke.jpg
Stordalkyrkje2-HH.jpg
2020-07 Stordal kirke gravplass.jpg|Church graveyard
See also
References
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{{Churches in Nordre Sunnmøre}}
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Category:Churches in Møre og Romsdal
Category:Long churches in Norway
Category:Wooden churches in Norway
Category:20th-century Church of Norway church buildings