{{short description|Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Stordal Church |full_name = Stordal kyrkje |former_name = |image = Stordalkyrkje1-HH.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|62.382549469|7.0004898906|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Fjord 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 = Stordal |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 1907 |consecrated = 1907 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1907}} |closed = |events = |architect = [[Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland|Jens Z.M. Kielland]] |architectural_type = [[Long church]] |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 270 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Listed |ID = 85579 }} }}
'''Stordal Church''' ({{langx|no|Stordal kyrkje}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Fjord Municipality]] in [[Møre og Romsdal]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the [[Stordal (village)|village of Stordal]]. It is the church for the Stordal [[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]] style in 1907 using plans drawn up by the [[architect]] [[Jens Zetlitz Monrad Kielland]]. The church seats about 270 people. The church has a large [[Steeple (architecture)|steeple]] in the front.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stordal kyrkje |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/152600201 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen |accessdate=2019-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-08-17}}</ref>
==History== The church was built in 1907 to replace the [[Old Stordal Church]], located about {{convert|700|m}} to the east. The new church was built in 1907. It has a large tower on the west end of the [[nave]]. On the east end of the nave lies the [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] which has a semi-circular [[apse]] on the east end. The choir is flanked by [[sacristies]] with slightly unusual shapes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stordal kyrkjestad |url=https://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85579 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2019-08-17}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Stordal nye kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/more-og-romsdal/stordal-nye-kirke/ |access-date=2021-07-30 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px"> 2020-07 Stordal kirke.jpg Stordalkyrkje2-HH.jpg 2020-07 Stordal kirke gravplass.jpg|Church graveyard </gallery>
==See also== *[[List of churches in Møre]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Churches in Nordre Sunnmøre}} {{Authority control}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
[[Category:Fjord Municipality]] [[Category:Churches in Møre og Romsdal]] [[Category:Long churches in Norway]] [[Category:Wooden churches in Norway]] [[Category:20th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1907]] [[Category:1907 establishments in Norway]]