Hareid Church

Hareid Church (Norwegian: Hareid kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hareid Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hareid on the eastern side of the island of Hareidlandet. It is the church for the Hareid parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1877 by the architects Stokkeland & Schirmer. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

Hareid Church
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62.3673°N 6.0296°E / 62.3673; 6.0296
Location	Hareid Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	13th century
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Stokkeland & Schirmer
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1877
Specifications
Capacity	400
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Hareid
Deanery	Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Diocese	Møre

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but the original stave church was likely built well before that time (probably in the 12th or 13th century. Over the centuries, records show that the building was enlarged and renovated, reaching a maximum size of about 240 square metres (2,600 sq ft). Not much else is known of the church. On 25 February 1806, the church was struck by lightning and it burned to the ground.[3]

A replacement church was built a little east of the old stave church. It was a timber-framed, octagonal building that was designed by the local parish priest, Peder Thomas Buschmann. This church was started in 1807 but it was not fully completed until 1820. The church site was not suitable for supporting the building and the timber frame began to sag and shift and so after nearly 60 years had gone by it was torn down and replaced. The new church was built in a Romanesque Revival style and it was consecrated on 13 December 1877 by the local parish priest Christian Wisløff.[3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Hareid kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
3. "Hareid kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
4. "Kyrkjebygningen" (in Norwegian). Hareid kyrkjelege fellesråd. Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2013-08-01.