Stemshaug Church

Stemshaug Church (Norwegian: Stemshaug kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Aure Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stemshaug. It is the church for the Stemshaug parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1908 by the architect Hans Jakob Sparre. The architect used a dragestil design for the church. The church was consecrated on 9 December 1908 and it seats about 300 people.[1][2][3][4]

View of the church at its consecration in 1908.
Stemshaug Church
Stemshaug kirke
View of the church
Stemshaug Church
Location of the church
Stemshaug Church
Stemshaug Church (Norway)
63.3277°N 8.6951°E / 63.3277; 8.6951
LocationAure Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hans Jakob Sparre
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1908
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishStemshaug
DeaneryYtre Nordmøre prosti
DioceseMøre

See also

References

  1. "Stemshaug kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  3. "Stemshaug kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
  4. Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227.
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