Jostedal Church

Jostedal Church (Norwegian: Jostedal kyrkje) is a parish church in Luster Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Jostedal. It is the church for the Jostedal parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style around 1660 by builder Hans Ottesen Ravn using designs by an unknown architect. The church seats about 120 people.[1][2]

Jostedal Church
Jostedal kyrkje
View of the church
Jostedal Church
Location of the church
Jostedal Church
Jostedal Church (Norway)
61.5875°N 7.2833°E / 61.5875; 7.2833
LocationLuster Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeLong church
Completedc. 1660
Specifications
Capacity120
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishJostedal
DeanerySogn prosti
DioceseBjørgvin
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID84744

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new that year. The first church was likely built in the 13th century and it was a stave church. It stood for over 300 years before it was replaced by a new stave church in 1553. That stave church was torn down in 1660 when the present church was completed. Tbe building from 1660 was a small, timber-framed church and some of the materials from the previous building were reused in the new building. In 1680, there was a snow avalanche that hit the building and the tower was damaged. During the 1800s, the church was successively expanded and rebuilt. The area that once was the choir is now part of the nave and a new choir was added.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Jostedal kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  3. "Jostedal kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  4. Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Jostedal kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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