Volsdalen Church

{{Infobox church |name = Volsdalen Church |full_name = Volsdalen kirke |former_name = |image = Alesund - Voldsdalen kirke - Exterior - 2.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|62.4714351157|6.18856135009|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 = Ålesund and Volsdalen |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 1964 |consecrated = 19 May 1974 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1974}} |closed = |events = |architect = [[Leif Olav Moen]] |architectural_type = [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|Rectangular]] |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 500 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Not protected |ID = 85867 }} }}

'''Volsdalen Church''' ({{langx|no|Volsdalen kyrkje}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Ålesund Municipality]] in [[Møre og Romsdal]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located on the south side of the island of [[Nørvøya]] in the [[Ålesund (town)|town of Ålesund]]. It is one of the three churches for Ålesund and Volsdalen [[parish]] which is part of the [[Nordre Sunnmøre prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Møre]]. The red, wooden church was built in a [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|rectangular]] design in 1974 using plans drawn up by the [[architect]] [[Leif Olav Moen]]. The church seats about 500 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volsdalen kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/150400401 |access-date=2019-08-12 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2019-08-12 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=no}}</ref>

==History== In 1957, planning began for a church for Volsdalen area to the east of the city centre of [[Ålesund (town)|Ålesund]]. An architectural competition for the design of the new church was won by [[Leif Olav Moen]]. Construction for a new church was delayed due to a lack of funding. An interim church building was [[consecrated]] in 1964 for temporary use. In 1965, the Volsdalen area was separated from the [[Ålesund Church]] parish and it was established as a new parish of Volsdalen. In the 1970s, the builder and seafaring priest Bjørn Siem accelerated matters. He reworked the drawings to reduce costs, and a lot of volunteer work was done to construct the new church. The building was completed in 1974 and it was [[consecrated]] on 19 May 1974.<ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Volsdalen kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/more-og-romsdal/volsdalen-kirke/ |access-date=2021-08-04 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="185px"> Alesund - Voldsdalen kirke - Exterior.jpg Alesund - Voldsdalen kirke - Interior - 1.jpg Alesund - Voldsdalen kirke - Interior - 2.jpg </gallery>

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

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ålesund Municipality]] [[Category:Churches in Møre og Romsdal]] [[Category:Rectangular churches in Norway]] [[Category:Wooden churches in Norway]] [[Category:20th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1974]] [[Category:1964 establishments in Norway]]