Tresfjord Church
| Tresfjord Church | |
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| Tresfjord kyrkje | |
View of the church
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 Tresfjord Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Tresfjord Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
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| 62°31′30″N 7°07′33″E / 62.5249°N 7.1258°ECoordinates: 62°31′30″N 7°07′33″E / 62.5249°N 7.1258°E | |
| Location |
Vestnes Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Erik Kroken |
| Style | Octagonal |
| Completed | 1828 |
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| Capacity | 270 |
| Materials | Wood |
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| Parish | Tresfjord |
| Deanery | Indre Romsdal prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Møre |
Tresfjord Church (Norwegian: Tresfjord kyrkje) is a parish church in Vestnes Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tresfjord. The church is part of the Tresfjord parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1828 by the architect/master builder Erik Kroken. The church seats about 270 people.
The building is a log construction. The octagonal shape typical for the area is elongated with sacristy and "armory" (vestibule) added to main octagonal body. The church was renovated by Domenico Erdmann in 1927-1929. In the 1970s wires were installed to support and straighten the building. After substantial repairs in 2006 the structure is now stable without supporting wires.
King and Queen visited the church in 2003.
The altar frontal above the pulpit dates from the early 14th century. It is an oil painting, 92 by 135 cm. About 30 such medieval frontals exist in Norway, this is the only one not in a museum. The altar frontal is made from pine boards, and the cracks between boards are covered with parchment. There is old norse writings on the parchment which shows that altar frontal was med in Norway. There was also an old carpet, probably a antependium, made from woven wool and linen, this carpet is now kept at Norwegian Museum of Cultural History.
The pulpit is in Renaissance style and was crafted by a local blacksmith in 1687 for the previous church.
The first organ was installed in 1921, previously hymns were sung without instrumental accompaniment. Clocks in the tower are from the 19th century.
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