Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Style Octagonal Opened 1807 Status Museum Architect Elling Olsson Walbøe | Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Historic Address 6863 Leikanger, Norway Capacity 380 Diocese Diocese of Møre | |
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Location Leikong, Herøy, Møre og Romsdal Similar Indre Herøy Church, Herøy Church, Dalsfjord Church, Syvde Church, Bjørke Church | ||
Leikanger Church (Norwegian: Leikanger kyrkje) is an octagonal church in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leikong on the eastern coast of the island of Gurskøya. The church is part of the Leikanger parish in the Søre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.
The church building is a wood (log) construction that seats 380 people. It was originally erected in the village of Sjøholt in Ørskog Municipality in 1807. It was then purchased and relocated to Leikong in Herøy in 1872.
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Leikanger Church (Herøy) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA