Nordsida Church
Full nameNordsida kyrkje
Coordinates61.851413558°N 6.52054131023°E
LocationStryn Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
DenominationChurch of Norway
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
DeaneryNordfjord prosti
ParishNordsida
StatusParish church
Functional statusActive
Founded1973
Consecrated9 December 1973
Completed1973 (age 53)
ArchitectAlf Apalseth
MaterialsConcrete
Capacity220

Nordsida Church (Norwegian: Nordsida kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Roset, on the northern shore of the Nordfjorden. It is the church for the Nordsida parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in a long church design in 1973 using plans drawn up by the architect Alf Apalseth. The church seats about 220 people.[1][2][3]

History

During the 1920s, the people on the north side of the Innvik Church parish began asking for their own church on their side of the fjord. Strife and negotiations of this idea carried on for decades. After World War II, political changes ensued in the local municipalities. In 1965, the old Hornindal Municipality was divided and a large portion of it was added to Stryn Municipality. After some negotiations, approval for the new Nordsida Chapel was given. The new chapel would be an annex chapel under Hornindal Church. The architect Alf Apalseth from Ørsta Municipality made the architectural drawings for the new church building and Kjell Sigmar Slinning designed the interior of the church. The church was completed in 1973. The building was consecrated on 9 December 1973 by the Bishop Per Juvkam. In 1977, the part of Stryn Municipality that used to be Hornindal Municipality was separated from Stryn Municipality again. On 1 July 1981, Nordsida Chapel was renamed as a church and it became a full parish church.[4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nordsida kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  3. ^ "Nordsida kyrkje" (in Norwegian). NRK Fylkesleksikon. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
  4. ^ Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Vengen, Sigurd; Gjerde, Anders. "Nordsida kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
  5. ^ "Nordsida kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  6. ^ "Nordsida kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges-Kirker.no. Retrieved 2021-08-21.