Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Completed 1863 Opened 1863 Phone +47 57 67 99 85 Architect Christian Heinrich Grosch | Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Address 6859 Slinde, Norway Capacity 230 Status Parish church | |
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Location Sogndal Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Stedje Church, Tønjum Church, Fjærland Church, Fet Church, Joranger Church | ||
Ølmheim Church (Norwegian: Ølmheim kyrkje) is a parish church in Sogndal Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nornes, on the northern shore of the Sogndalsfjorden. The church is part of the Norum parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 230 seats, was consecrated in 1863. The architect Christian Henrik Grosch made the designs for the building. In earlier times, the church has been called Ylhmeim Church (or Ølmheim Church), after the name of the nearby farm; however, from about 1840 Norum was the name of both the church and the parish until the former got its old name back in 2015.
History
The first church at this location was a stave church that was probably built in the 13th century. That church burned down in 1700 or 1701. A new cruciform church was built in 1703 to replace it. That church was demolished in 1863 and replaced with the present church.
On 15 January 1989, lightning struck the tower and it started burning. The fire department was alerted and arrived quickly enough that they had extinguished the fire before the whole church was destroyed. The tower was re-built in the autumn of the same year, and it looks the same as before.