Kleive Church

Kleive Church
Kleive kyrkje
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62°47′56″N 7°39′18″E / 62.7990°N 7.6551°E / 62.7990; 7.6551Coordinates: 62°47′56″N 7°39′18″E / 62.7990°N 7.6551°E / 62.7990; 7.6551
Location	Molde Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Style	Empire style
Completed	1858
Specifications
Capacity	270
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Kleive
Deanery	Molde domprosti
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Kleive Church (Norwegian: Kleive kyrkje) is a parish church in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kleive, at the eastern end of the Fannefjorden. The church is the only church in the Kleive parish which is part of the Molde arch-deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1858 in the Empire style. The church seats about 270 people.

In 1589, historical records show that a stave church existed in Kleive. That is the oldest known church at that site. That church was demolished in 1697 and a new cruciform church was built to replace it. In 1857, that cruciform church was torn down and the present octagonal church was built.