Mo Church (Møre og Romsdal)

Mo Church (Norwegian: Mo kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mo in the upper Surnadalen valley. It is the church for the Mo parish which is part of the Indre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The red, wooden church was built in the rare Y-shaped style in 1728 by the architect Erik Jakobsen Holten. The church seats about 205 people.[1][2]

Diagram of the interior of the Y-shaped building
Mo Church
Mo kirke
View of the church
Mo Church
Location of the church
Mo Church
Mo Church (Norway)
63.0001°N 8.9661°E / 63.0001; 8.9661
LocationSurnadal Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1728
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Erik Jakobsen Holten
Architectural typeY-shaped
Specifications
Capacity205
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishMo
DeaneryIndre Nordmøre prosti
DioceseMøre

The church is one of the five existing Y-shaped churches in Norway.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589 when a stave church was located on the site. It is not known when that building was constructed. Possible burial mounds from the Viking Age dating back to around 1000 are located near the church. An addition was added to the building in 1648. A few years later, another addition added to the size of the building. In 1703, a new sacristy was built on the east side of the building. In 1727, the building was deemed to be in need of replacement. It was torn down that year and replaced with the present Y-shaped building on the same site in 1728.[3][4]

See also
  • List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References
  1. "Mo kyrkje, Surnadal". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  3. "Mo Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Surnadal kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  4. "Mo kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
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