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.
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| Location | Aure Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Hans Jakob Sparre |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1908 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Stemshaug |
| Deanery | Ytre Nordmøre prosti |
| Diocese | Møre |
See also
References
- "Stemshaug kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- "Stemshaug kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227.
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