Sande Church (Gaular)

Sande Church
Sande kyrkje
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61°19′37″N 5°47′37″E / 61.326988359°N 5.79371899366°E / 61.326988359; 5.79371899366
LocationSunnfjord Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
Previous denominationCatholic Church
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated5 Dec 1864
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hans Linstow (1864)
Johan Lindstrøm (1940s)
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1864 (160 years ago) (1864)
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
DeanerySunnfjord prosti
ParishGaular
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85382

Sande Church (Norwegian: Sande kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sande. It is one of the four churches for the Gaular parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1864 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1327, but it was not new at that time. The first church building in Sande was likely a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. Around the year 1620, the medieval church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed long church on the same site. The nave of the new church measured 10 by 9.5 metres (33 ft × 31 ft) and the chancel was about 5 by 6 metres (16 ft × 20 ft).[3][4][5]

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[6][7] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.[6][8]

In 1861, there were two small landslides that came down off the mountain just north of the church. Both landslides were stopped by the rock walls on the border of the graveyard which surrounded the church, thus saving the church from damage. In 1864, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new church building on the same site. The new church was designed by Hans Linstow and it was built during 1864 and consecrated on 5 December 1864. The church nave measured 9.5 by 18 metres (31 ft × 59 ft), nearly double the length of the older church. Originally, the choir was in the same room as the nave, giving the church a rectangular design. In 1865 a new sacristy was built on the east end of the nave. In the 1943–1944, the church was significantly rebuilt using drawings by Johan Lindstrøm. The sacristy was converted into the choir and a new sacristy was constructed on the south side of the new choir, giving the church a long church design.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sande kyrkje, Gaular". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Sande kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Sande kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Sande kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Valgkartet". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Retrieved 11 September 2021.