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Helgheim Church
Church in Vestland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Helgheim Church (Norwegian: Helgheim kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Helgheim, right on the shore of the lake Jølstravatnet. It is the church for the Helgheim 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 1877 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]
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Helgheim kyrkje | |
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61°33′38″N 6°24′00″E | |
Location | Sunnfjord Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 28 November 1877 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1877 (147 years ago) (1877) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 500 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
Parish | Helgheim |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 84529 |
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