Skodje Church

{{short description|Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Skodje Church |full_name = Skodje kyrkje |former_name = |image = Skodje kirke.JPG |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|62.5060010198|6.6971527040|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}} |location = [[Ålesund Municipality]],<br />[[Møre og Romsdal]] |country = [[Norway]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Møre|Møre bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Nordre Sunnmøre prosti]] |parish = Skodje |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 1860 |consecrated = 1860 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1860}} |closed = |events = |architect = [[Fritz Meinhardt]] |architectural_type = [[Long church]] |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 330 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Listed |ID = 85471 }} }}

'''Skodje Church''' ({{langx|no|Skodje kyrkje}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Ålesund Municipality]] in [[Møre og Romsdal]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Skodje (village)|village of Skodje]]. It is the church for the Skodje [[parish]] which is part of the [[Nordre Sunnmøre prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Møre]]. The white, wooden church was built in a [[long church]] design in 1860 using plans drawn up by the [[architect]] [[Fritz Meinhardt]]. The church seats about 330 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skodje kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/152900101 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-08-10}}</ref>

==History== The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Skodje was a wooden [[stave church]] that may have been built in 14th century. The church was originally a [[long church]] design, but some time during the early-1600s, the church was remodeled by adding a [[timber-framed]] [[transept]]s to the north and south sides of the [[nave]] which ultimately created a [[cruciform]] floor plan. In 1750 the old church was in such poor condition that it was torn down and a new [[timber-framed]], [[cruciform]] church was built on the same site. In 1859 this church too was torn down, and the present church building was constructed. This new church was designed by [[Fritz Meinhardt]] and built by the builders Gjert Lien and Alias Tonning. The new church was [[consecrated]] in 1860.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skodje kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85471 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Skodje kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/more-og-romsdal/skodje-kirke/ |access-date=2021-08-04 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==See also== *[[List of churches in Møre]]

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ålesund Municipality]] [[Category:Churches in Møre og Romsdal]] [[Category:Long churches in Norway]] [[Category:Wooden churches in Norway]] [[Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1860]] [[Category:14th-century establishments in Norway]]