Stavang Church
| Stavang Church | |
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| Stavang kyrkje | |
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 Stavang Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Stavang Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
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| 61°32′05″N 5°10′57″E / 61.5348°N 5.1825°ECoordinates: 61°32′05″N 5°10′57″E / 61.5348°N 5.1825°E | |
| Location |
Flora Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 16 June 1957 |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Ole Halvorsen |
| Completed | 1957 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 312 |
| Materials | Brick |
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| Parish | Bru |
| Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Stavang Church (Norwegian: Stavang kyrkje) is a parish church in Flora Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stavang. The church is part of the Bru parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The whitewashed brick church was built in 1957 by the architect Ole Halvorsen. The church, with a seating capacity of 312, was consecrated on 16 June 1957, by Bishop Ragnvald Indrebø.
Both the church and the church site are relatively new, but the church for the Bru parish has traditions dating back to the Middle Ages. From the Middle Ages until 1872, the Bru Church was located on the island of Svanøya. Historically, the island was named Bru or Brulandet, so the parish was named after the island. Over time, the island was renamed Svanøya, but the parish named remained. By the 1800s, the old Bru Church was in bad condition and needed repair. In the 1860s, the parish council decided to build a new church and a vicarage for Bru parish, but rather than replace the church on the island of Svanøya, they would build it on the mainland and tear down the old church on Svanøya.
A new wooden church was built in 1873 in the village of Stavang on the mainland, but it did not last very long. On the day before Christmas Eve 1951, it burned down to the ground. It took about six years before a new church was completed. Nevertheless, the Stavang Church was the first church to be built in the county after World War II. In the meantime, the local school building was used for church functions.
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