Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Opened 1845 Status Parish church | Denomination Church of Norway Consecrated 2 November 1845 Address 6977 Bygstad, Norway Capacity 300 Architect Hans Linstow | |
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Location Gaular Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Viksdalen Church, Sande Church, Stavang Church, Ortnevik Church, Holmedal Church | ||
Bygstad Church (Norwegian: Bygstad kyrkje) is a parish church in Gaular Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bygstad. The church is part of the Bygstad parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
History
In the 1840s, the old stave church in Bygstad was decaying and in need of extensive repairs. It was decided to build a new church, a little west of the old church. After building the new church, the old church was torn down. There was some controversy over this plan, because some wanted to restore the old church. The new church, which has 300 seats, was consecrated 2 November 1845 by Dean Johan Grønnlund. It was built using architectural drawings by Hans Linstow.
In 1939, the new church was moved from its original site at Eide back to the Bygstad farm and it was rebuilt by architect K.W. Essendrop. The newly rebuilt church was consecrated on 11 October 1939 by Bishop Andreas Fleischer.