Feios Church

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Feios Church
61°08′57″N6°45′36″E / 61.1492512178°N 6.76000249379°E / 61.1492512178; 6.76000249379
Location Vik Municipality,
Vestland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Previous denomination Catholic Church
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded12th century
Consecrated 12 December 1866
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type Long church
Style Swiss chalet style
Completed1866(158 years ago) (1866)
Specifications
Capacity220
Materials Wood
Administration
Diocese Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery Sogn prosti
Parish Feios
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID 84121

Feios Church (Norwegian : Feios kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Feios, along the southern shore of the Sognefjorden. It is the church for the Feios parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1866 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 220 people. [1] [2]

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History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new that year. The first church was likely a wooden stave church that was likely built during the first half of the 12th century. The church was a rectangular building with a tower in the west. The building measured about 22.5 by 7 metres (74 ft × 23 ft). Over the centuries, the church was renovated, but by the 1860s, it was decided that the old church would be torn down and a new church would be built on the same site. The new building was designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan in 1864 and Johannes Øvsthus was hired to be the lead builder for the project. It was a long church with a west tower, rectangular nave and choir with a sacristy extension. The new church was consecrated on 12 December 1866 by Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The church interior has a Swiss chalet style. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Feios kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Feios kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Feios kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage . Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Feios kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 October 2021.

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