# Kvammen Chapel

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**Kvammen Chapel** (Norwegian: *Kvammen kapell*) is a [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway) in [Askvoll Municipality](/source/Askvoll_Municipality) in [Vestland](/source/Vestland) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in the village of [Kvammen](/source/Kvammen), on the southern shore of the [Førdefjorden](/source/F%C3%B8rdefjorden). It is one of several churches in the Askvoll [parish](/source/Parish) which is part of the [Sunnfjord prosti](/source/Sunnfjord_prosti) ([deanery](/source/Deanery)) in the [Diocese of Bjørgvin](/source/Diocese_of_Bj%C3%B8rgvin). The red brick church was built in a [fan-shaped design](/source/Churches_in_Norway#Floor_plan) in 1977 using plans drawn up by the [architect](/source/Architect) [Alf Apalseth](/source/Alf_Apalseth).[1] The church seats about 300 people.[2][3]

## History

As early as the 1840s, there was talk of building a church in Kvammen to replace the old [Vevring Church](/source/Vevring_Church), however this ultimately failed and a new church was built in Vevring. In the 1930s, a committee was established to work towards building a church meeting house or prayer house in the Kvammen area. The committee made significant progress, however [World War II](/source/World_War_II) stopped the planning of the church. After the war, it took a long time to rebuild sites that had been destroyed during the war. Then, during the 1960s, [Vevring Municipality](/source/Vevring_Municipality) was dissolved and the Kvammen area became part of [Askvoll Municipality](/source/Askvoll_Municipality). The construction of the first church building in Kvammen was finally approved in the early 1970s. It was designed by [Alf Apelseth](/source/Alf_Apelseth) and the lead builder was Otto Olset. The new church was [consecrated](/source/Consecrate) on 27 November 1977 by the Bishop [Thor With](/source/Thor_With).[4][5]

## Building

The church was a distinctly modern design. The roofline of the church has an [oblique pyramid](/source/Oblique_pyramid) shape with the point located directly above the [altar](/source/Altar) in the main [sanctuary](/source/Sanctuary) of the church. There is a line of [skylights](/source/Skylight) along the ridge of the roofline. The interior has a simple pine altar and red brick walls. There is a free-standing 12-metre (39-foot) tall bell tower standing near the church building.[4]

## See also

- [List of churches in Bjørgvin](/source/List_of_churches_in_Bj%C3%B8rgvin)

## References

1. ["Kvammen kyrkjestad"](https://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84857) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 2019-11-16.

1. ["Kvammen kapell"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/142800501). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

1. ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-11-16.

1. Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. ["Kvammen kapell"](https://leksikon.fylkesarkivet.no/article/690c953c-119c-4a2b-a628-b7a74f47035c/) (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

1. ["Kvammen kapell"](https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/sogn-og-fjordane/kvammen-kapell/) (in Norwegian). *Norges-Kirker.no*. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

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