Hen Church

Hen Church (Norwegian: Hen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Isfjorden, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the town of Åndalsnes. It is the church for the Hen parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1831 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 200 people.[1][2]

Hen Church
Hen kyrkje
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62.5775°N 7.7908°E / 62.5775; 7.7908
Location	Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Unknown
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1831
Specifications
Capacity	200
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Hen
Deanery	Indre Romsdal prosti
Diocese	Møre

History

There has been a church in this village for centuries. There are some artifacts from the church dating back to the 13th century that are now at the Romsdal Museum and the oldest existing written records of the church date back to 1589. The oldest known church building on the site was a stave church which stood on the site until the 1830s when it was torn down. That building was 11.6 by 8.1 metres (38 by 27 ft). It was replaced in 1831 by a rectangular building that was constructed out of granite. It was likely built just outside the churchyard which surrounded to the old church. This new, white stone church has an onion dome on top of a central tower on the roof. The current pulpit is from the 1930s and the altarpiece from 1831.[3][4][5]

Media gallery

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  Exterior view
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  Onion dome
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See also

• List of churches in Møre og Romsdal

References

1. "Hen kirke, Isfjorden". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
3. Thaule, John Ove; Ubostad, Ingar; Pedersen, Bjørn (1990). "Kyrkjene våre". Ei bok om Rauma. Rauma kommune. pp. 207–210.
4. "Hen kirke" (in Norwegian). Grytten prestegjeld. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
5. "Hen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-07-05.