Norddal Church

Norddal Church Dale Church
Norddal kyrkje / Dale kyrkje
View of the church from the south
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62°15′22″N 7°14′14″E / 62.2560°N 7.2371°E / 62.2560; 7.2371Coordinates: 62°15′22″N 7°14′14″E / 62.2560°N 7.2371°E / 62.2560; 7.2371
Location	Norddal Municipality, Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Ole Larssen Døving
Completed	1782
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Norddal
Deanery	Austre Sunnmøre
Diocese	Diocese of Møre

Norddal Church (Norwegian: Norddal kyrkje), also known as Dale Church, is an octagonal parish church in Norddal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norddal, on the south side of the Norddalsfjorden. The church owned by the municipality and it is part of the Norddal parish in the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.

This log building was completed in 1782 and replaced a medieval stave church in the same place. The medieval stave church was relocated from Sylte on the north shore of Norddalsfjorden around 1620. Four columns in the nave support the eight sided roof with a tower on top. Norddal Church is prototypical for the octagonal churches in Møre og Romsdal county and the Nordfjord district to the south. The altarpiece was taken from the previous church, dates from around 1510, and resembles altarpieces produced by Bernt Notke in Lübeck. There was no professional architect for the church, instead master builder Ole Larsen Døving designed the church after returning from a trip to Trondheim. The master builder probably used Hospitalskirken or possibly Bakke Church as models.