# Haram Church

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Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Haram Church Haram kyrkje View of the church Haram Church 62°37′54″N 6°16′24″E / 62.631653793°N 6.2733703851°E / 62.631653793; 6.2733703851 Location Haram Municipality, Møre og Romsdal Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran History Status Parish church Founded 14th century Consecrated 1838 Architecture Functional status Active Architect Peder Thomas Buschmann Architectural type Octagonal Completed 1838 (188 years ago) (1838) Specifications Capacity 240 Materials Wood Administration Diocese Møre bispedømme Deanery Nordre Sunnmøre prosti Parish Haram Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site Type Church Status Automatically protected ID 84482

**Haram Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Haram kyrkje*) is a [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway) in [Haram Municipality](/source/Haram_Municipality) in [Møre og Romsdal](/source/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in the village of [Austnes](/source/Austnes) on the island of [Haramsøya](/source/Harams%C3%B8ya). It is one of the churches for the *Haram og Fjørtoft* [parish](/source/Parish) which is part of the [Nordre Sunnmøre prosti](/source/Nordre_Sunnm%C3%B8re_prosti) ([deanery](/source/Deanery)) in the [Diocese of Møre](/source/Diocese_of_M%C3%B8re). The white, wooden church was built in an [octagonal](/source/Churches_in_Norway#Floor_plan) design in 1838 using plans drawn up by the parish priest Peder Thomas Buschmann. The church seats about 240 people.[1][2]

## History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but it was not new at that time. The first Haram Church was a wooden [stave church](/source/Stave_church) that was located on the west coast of the island of [Haramsøya](/source/Harams%C3%B8ya), about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the present church site. The church was possibly built in the 14th century. In 1668, the stave church was described as having a rectangular [nave](/source/Nave) with a [choir](/source/Choir_(architecture)) (on the east end) and [porch](/source/Church_porch) (on the west end) with a hallway around the whole building.[3][4]

In 1814, this church served as an [election church](/source/Election_church) ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *valgkirke*).[5][6] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 [Norwegian Constituent Assembly](/source/Norwegian_Constituent_Assembly) which wrote the [Constitution of Norway](/source/Constitution_of_Norway). This was Norway's first national elections. Each [church parish](/source/Prestegjeld) 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 at [Eidsvoll Manor](/source/Eidsvoll_Manor) later that year.[5][7]

Over time, the church became dilapidated and in need of repair or replacement. In the 1830s, it was decided to build a new church, however it would be built on the other side of the island which is where most of the island's residents lived. The new site was about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from the old, medieval church site. In 1838, a new Haram Church was completed in the village of [Austnes](/source/Austnes), on the southeastern tip of the island. The [altar](/source/Altar), [pulpit](/source/Pulpit), and [altarpiece](/source/Altarpiece) as well as some other materials and decorations from the old church were reused in the new [octagonal](/source/Octagonal_churches_in_Norway) building. The building was based on the design of the old [Hareid Church](/source/Hareid_Church) and it was designed by the parish priest Peder Thomas Buschmann. The new building was [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) on 4 November 1838. Shortly after the completion of the new church, the old church was torn down. In 1878, the church was renovated by adding a new [sacristy](/source/Sacristy) and a new [neo-Gothic](/source/Neo-Gothic) tower was constructed. In 1993, the church was severely damaged in a fire. It was rebuilt shortly after the fire.[4][8]

## See also

- [List of churches in Møre](/source/List_of_churches_in_M%C3%B8re)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Haram kyrkje"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/153400101). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Haram gamle kirkested"](http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=213703) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NK_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NK_4-1) ["Haram kirke"](https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/more-og-romsdal/haram-kirke/). *Norges-Kirker.no* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 August 2021.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lhw_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lhw_5-1) ["Valgkirkene"](https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Valgkirkene). *LokalHistorieWiki.no* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Valgkartet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205923/http://1814.arkivverket.no/). *Valgene i 1814* (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from [the original](http://1814.arkivverket.no) on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Om valgene"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205923/http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections). *Valgene i 1814* (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from [the original](http://1814.arkivverket.no/#about-elections) on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Haram kyrkjestad / Haram kyrkje 2"](http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84482) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 28 July 2019.

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