Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Capacity 600 Status Parish church | Denomination Church of Norway Consecrated 1 Oct 1885 Opened 1885 Phone +47 57 82 81 80 Architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan | |
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Location Førde Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane Address Kyrkjevegen 12, 6800 Førde, Norway Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Holsen Church, Haukedalen Church, Bygstad Church, Bø Church, Bjordal Church | ||
Førde Church (Norwegian: Førde kyrkje) is the main parish church in Førde Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the town of Førde. The church is part of the Førde parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1885 using designs by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church, that seats about 600 people, was consecrated on 1 October 1885 by the Bishop Fredrik Waldemar Hvoslef. The church today dates back to 1885, but in this very place there have been churches as far back as to the 12th century.
Building
Førde church is 38.7 metres (127 ft) long, the nave measuring 24.4 metres (80 ft), and 15.5 metres (51 ft) wide. To the east, there is a pentagonal chancel with vestries on each side. The porch to the west is a quadrangle that is 5.5 by 5.5 metres (18 by 18 ft), and it has a base for a 30-metre (98 ft) high steeple. The church has a large gallery, where an organ was installed when the church was new.