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Veitastrond Chapel

Veitastrond Chapel
Veitastrond kapell
Veitastrond Chapel is located in Sogn og Fjordane
Veitastrond Chapel
Veitastrond Chapel
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Veitastrond Chapel is located in Norway
Veitastrond Chapel
Veitastrond Chapel
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°28′57″N 7°02′05″E / 61.4825°N 7.03472°E / 61.4825; 7.03472Coordinates: 61°28′57″N 7°02′05″E / 61.4825°N 7.03472°E / 61.4825; 7.03472
Location Luster Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 14 July 1935
Architecture
Status Chapel
Functional status Active
Completed 1928
Specifications
Capacity 120
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Hafslo
Deanery Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Veitastrond Chapel (Norwegian: Veitastrond kapell) is a chapel in Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Veitastrond. The chapel is part of the Hafslo parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden chapel has 120 seats and was built as a bedehus in 1928. On 14 July 1935, it was consecrate to be used for church functions and received the designation of chapel. Before that time, the villagers had to make the 30-kilometre (19 mi) long trek from their isolated village to Hafslo Church, which was a long and sometimes dangerous journey.



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