{{short description|Church in Vestland, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Nedstryn Church |full_name = Nedstryn kyrkje |former_name = |image = Nedstryn kirke 2012.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|61.9186756832|6.7837454079|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}} |location = [[Stryn Municipality]],<br />[[Vestland]] |country = [[Norway]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Bjørgvin|Bjørgvin bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Nordfjord prosti]] |parish = Nedstryn |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 13th century |consecrated = 6 Nov 1859 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1859}} |closed = |events = |architect = Ludolph Rolfsen<br />and [[Hans Linstow]] |architectural_type = [[Long church]] |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 400 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Listed |ID = 85099 }} }}
'''Nedstryn Church''' ({{langx|no|Nedstryn kyrkje}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Stryn Municipality]] in [[Vestland]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the village of [[Nedstryn]], just west of the municipal centre of [[Stryn (village)|Stryn]]. It is the church for the Nedstryn [[parish]] which is part of the [[Nordfjord prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Bjørgvin]]. The white, wooden church was built in a [[long church]] design in 1859 by Ludolph Rolfsen using plans drawn up by the [[architect]] [[Hans Linstow]]. The church seats about 400 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nedstryn kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/144900501 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2019-11-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-11-03}}</ref>
==History== The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1330, but it was not new at that time. The first church was likely a wooden [[stave church]] that was probably built during the 13th century. For hundreds of years, the church was known as ''Stryn Church'' (it was later renamed ''Nedstryn Church''). Archaeologists have found items dating back to the [[Stone Age]] on this historic church site.<ref name="kms">{{Cite web |title=Nedstryn kyrkjestad |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85099 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-11-03}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Nedstryn kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/sogn-og-fjordane/nedstryn-kirke/ |access-date=2021-08-28 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="SFF">{{Cite web |last=Henden Aaraas |first=Margrethe |last2=Vengen |first2=Sigurd |last3=Gjerde |first3=Anders |title=Nedstryn kyrkje |url=https://leksikon.fylkesarkivet.no/article/61a5b6bf-941b-47a0-acac-af9ad1e8cb6e/ |publisher=Fylkesarkivet |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2021-08-28}}</ref>
The medieval stave church was demolished around 1650 and a new log [[cruciform]] church was built on the site. This church was tarred on the outside and had a tower over the [[church porch]] on the west end. By the mid-1800s the ailing old church building was in need of major repairs or replacement, so in 1855, it was decided to tear down the church and build a new one on the same site. The parish hired [[Christian Heinrich Grosch]] to draw plans for a wooden [[Octagonal churches in Norway|octagonal]] church. Next, the parish searched for a builder to construct the new church, but the only builder they could find was Gjert Lien from [[Nordfjordeid]]. Lien said he was unable to build the church based on these designs since it was a more "modern" octagonal design and he had only built more traditional designs. Since no other builder could be found, the parish had to change the plans. The parish then got drawings by Captain [[Ludolph Rolfsen]] for the construction of [[Herøy Church]]. Rolfsen's drawings slightly modified drawings of a church that had been designed by [[Hans Linstow]]. The new church would be a wooden [[long church]] with a rectangular [[nave]] and a [[church porch]] with a tower on the west end and a [[chancel]] and [[sacristy]] on the east end. So after much planning, in 1859, the old church was demolished and a new building was constructed on the same site. The new church was [[consecrate]]d on 6 November 1859 by Rev. Wilhelm Frimann Koren.<ref name="kms" /><ref name="NK" /><ref name="SFF" />
In 1904, a wood stove was installed in the church to provide heat. In 1920, electric lighting was installed in the church. During a major renovation in 1934, the church interior was completely redone with new colors of paint. Also, the "new" [[altarpiece]] from 1919 was replaced with the old one from 1610 which had been found in the church attic. In 1959, the old wood stove was removed and electric heating was installed in the church. In 1963, bathroom facilities were added in the basement. In 1965, the church porch was enlarged on the north and south to add extra space for meeting and storage.<ref name="NK" /><ref name="SFF" />
==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="160px"> Nedstryn kirke 2012.jpg|Exterior view (2012) Nedstryn kirke.jpg|Exterior view Alterfront i Nedstryn Kirke.jpg|Altar artwork in the church </gallery>
==See also== *[[List of churches in Bjørgvin]]
==References== {{reflist}}
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[[Category:Stryn Municipality]] [[Category:Churches in Vestland]] [[Category:Long churches in Norway]] [[Category:Wooden churches in Norway]] [[Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1859]] [[Category:13th-century establishments in Norway]]