# Norddal Church

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Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Not to be confused with [Nordal Church](/source/Nordal_Church) in Kinn Municipality, Norway.

Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Norddal Church Dale Church Norddal kyrkje / Dale kyrkje View of the church Norddal Church Dale Church 62°15′22″N 7°14′13″E / 62.2560024747°N 7.2370156645°E / 62.2560024747; 7.2370156645 Location Fjord Municipality, Møre og Romsdal Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran History Status Parish church Founded 14th century Consecrated 25 July 1784 Architecture Functional status Active Architect Ole Larssen Døving Architectural type Octagonal Completed 1784 (242 years ago) (1784) Specifications Capacity 300 Materials Wood Administration Diocese Møre bispedømme Deanery Nordre Sunnmøre prosti Parish Norddal Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site Type Church Status Automatically protected ID 85148

**Norddal Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Norddal kyrkje*), also known as **Dale Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Dale kyrkje*), is a [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway) in [Norddal Municipality](/source/Norddal_Municipality) in [Møre og Romsdal](/source/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in the [village of Norddal](/source/Norddal_(village)), on the south side of the [Norddalsfjorden](/source/Norddalsfjorden). It is one of the two churches for the Norddal [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) style in 1784 using plans drawn up by a local farmer, [Ole Larssen Døving](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ole_Larssen_D%C3%B8ving&action=edit&redlink=1). The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

## History

The earliest existing historical records of the church in Norddal date back to 1432, but the church was already existing on that date. The first church in Norddal was a wooden [stave church](/source/Stave_church), possibly built in the 14th century. Not much detail is known about this church building. From 1610 to 1634, a man named Arne Eivindsen was the parish priest for Norddal and during his term as priest, there were two churches in the parish ([Sylte Church](/source/Sylte_Church) on the north side of the fjord and Norddal Church on the south side of the fjord). There was also a chapel at Døving, just north of Sylte. He decided to close the Sylte Church since there was a chapel near there already and to make the Norddal Church the main church for the parish. However, the old Norddal Church was not in good condition, so in the early 1620s, the old Norddal church was torn down and the old [Sylte Church](/source/Sylte_Church) from the village of [Sylte](/source/Sylte%2C_Norddal) on the north shore of Norddalsfjorden was disassembled and moved across the fjord to the village of Norddal where it was rebuilt as the new Norddal Church. The newly rebuilt church had a [cruciform](/source/Cruciform) layout and the main [nave](/source/Nave) measured 22.5 by 7.5 metres (74 ft × 25 ft). On the east end of the nave was a [choir](/source/Choir_(architecture)) that measured 8 by 7.5 metres (26 ft × 25 ft). Each of the transverse wings off the nave measured 6 by 5.5 metres (20 ft × 18 ft). In 1686, a new [timber-framed](/source/Timber-framed) choir was added to the east end of the church.[3][4]

In 1782, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new [log building](/source/Log_building). It was constructed from 1782 to 1784 and it was [consecrated](/source/Consecrate) on 25 July 1784. The new church had an [octagonal](/source/Octagonal_churches_in_Norway) layout for the [nave](/source/Nave). Four columns in the central part of the nave support the eight-sided roof with a tower on top. The church also had a rectangular [choir](/source/Choir_(architecture)) to the east and a two-storey [church porch](/source/Church_porch) on the west end. Above the center of the nave sits a tower with an [onion dome](/source/Onion_dome) on top. Norddal Church is prototypical for the [octagonal churches](/source/Octagonal_churches_in_Norway) in [Møre og Romsdal](/source/M%C3%B8re_og_Romsdal) county and the [Nordfjord](/source/Nordfjord) district to the south.[5] The [altarpiece](/source/Altarpiece) was taken from the previous church, dates from around 1510, and resembles altarpieces produced by [Bernt Notke](/source/Bernt_Notke) in [Lübeck](/source/L%C3%BCbeck).[6] There was no professional architect for the church, instead master builder Ole Larsen Døving, a local farmer, designed the church after returning from a trip to [Trondheim](/source/Trondheim_(city)). The master builder probably used the [Trondhjem Hospital Church](/source/Trondhjem_Hospital) or possibly [Bakke Church](/source/Bakke_Church_(Trondheim)) as models.[3][4]

The priest [Johan Christopher Haar Daae](/source/Johan_Christopher_Haar_Daae) served at the church from 1804 to 1820.

In 1814, this church served as an [election church](/source/Election_church) ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *valgkirke*).[7][8] 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.[7][9]

The 40 victims of the 1934 [Tafjorden](/source/Tafjorden) landslide and subsequent [tsunami](/source/Tsunami) are buried in the church cemetery.

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## See also

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Norddal kyrkje"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/152400101). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-BB_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-BB_3-1) Tafjord, Leonhard; Kleiva, Ivar (1976). *Norddal Bygdebøker*. Vol. IV: Grunn og gror. Kultursoge. Valldal: Norddal kommune. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9788271010348](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788271010348).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-KM_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-KM_4-1) ["Norddal kyrkjestad"](http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85148) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 17 August 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Vreim, Halvor](/source/Halvor_Vreim) (1947). *Norsk trearkitektur*. Oslo: Gyldendal.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Norddal Church"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061106071518/http://www.kulturnett.no/moreogromsdal/kulturminner/kulturminne.jsp?id=T11004193&lang=no_NO). Kulturnett.no. Archived from [the original](http://www.kulturnett.no/moreogromsdal/kulturminner/kulturminne.jsp?id=T11004193&lang=no_NO) on 6 November 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lhw_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lhw_7-1) ["Valgkirkene"](https://lokalhistoriewiki.no/wiki/Valgkirkene). *LokalHistorieWiki.no* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["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 30 July 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["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 30 July 2021.

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