Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Consecrated 11 December 1865 | Denomination Church of Norway Website Frøya Church | |
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Location Bremanger Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane | ||
Frøya Church (Norwegian: Frøya kyrkje) is a parish church in Bremanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kalvåg, on the southern coast of the small island of Frøya. The church is part of the Frøya parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
This is a wooden "long church" that was built in 1865. The church, with a seating capacity of 400, was consecrated on 11 December 1865, by the dean Johan Carl Christie. The architect was the painter artist Anders Askevold from nearby Askvoll municipality. The church building was remodeled in 1933, 1940, and 1961. The altarpiece dates back to 1720 when it was used in the old church, located in Grotle (just west of the village of Bremanger).
History
The old church on Bremangerlandet island was located at the small village of Grotle, just west of the main village of Bremanger. That aging church was torn down in 1865 and it was replaced with this church, located at Kalvåg, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the south. The new church at Kalvåg carried over the old Bremanger Church name to this new church site, since it was the main church for the Bremanger parish. Later, in 1914, a new church was built in the village of Bremanger, but that was named Bremangerpollen Chapel. This caused some controversy since Bremanger Church was located in Kalvåg (not Bremanger village). In 1952, after the church at Bremanger village had existed for 37 years, a change of names was finally decided. The church on the island of Frøya was named Frøya Church, and Bremangerpollen Chapel was given the name Bremanger Church.