Frøya Church

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name = Frøya Church
fullname = "Frøya kyrkje / Frøya kirke"
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denomination = Church of Norway
diocese = Bjørgvin
parish = Bremanger
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subdivision = Frøya
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architect = Rasmus Nøstdal
Anders Askevold
style = Wood "langkirke"
constructed_date = 1865
dedicated_date = 11 December 1865
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location = Kalvåg, Bremanger
country = flag|Norway
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website = [http://www.bremangerkyrkja.no Frøya Church]

Frøya church "(Frøya kyrkje)" is a wooden "long church" in Kalvåg on the island of Frøya, in the municipality of Bremanger, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The church is a part of the Bremanger prestegjeld in the Nordfjord deanery of the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The church at Frøyalandet was built after the last church at Grotle was torn down, and the name "Bremanger church" was carried over to this new church site. In 1952, after the church at Hauge had existed for 37 years, a change of names was finally decided. The church on the island of Frøya was named "Frøya church", and the church at Bremangerpollen was given the name "Bremanger church". The Frøya church is a "sokn" (sub-parish) church for the Frøya "sokn" and is also the main church in the parish of Bremanger. [cite web|url=http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&db=dbatlas_leks&spraak_id=2&ptype=single&art_id=14767|title=Frøya church|publisher= [http://www.sffarkiv.no Sogn og Fjordane Arkiv] |date=2000|accessdate=2008-09-27|author=Aaraas, Margrethe & Venden, Sigurd no icon]

The church, with a seating capacity of 400, was consecrated on 11 December 1865, by the Dean Johan Carl Christie. The architect was the painter artist Anders Askevold from Askvoll. The church building was remodeled in 1933, 1940, and 1961. The altarpiece dates back to 1720 when it was used in the old church, located in Grotle. [cite web|url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_sogn_og_fjordane/fylkesleksikon/1861778.html|title=Frøya kyrkje skapte bygdestrid|publisher= [http://www.nrk.no NRK.no] |accessdate=2008-09-27|date=2007 no icon]

References

External links

* http://www.bremangerkyrkja.no Bremanger Parish Website no icon

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