Edøy Church

Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

63°20′02″N 8°03′57″E / 63.334007076°N 8.0657415390°E / 63.334007076; 8.0657415390LocationSmøla Municipality,
Møre og RomsdalCountryNorwayDenominationof NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1885Consecrated18 Sept 1885ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Jacob Digre and
Johan DigreArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1885 (139 years ago) (1885)SpecificationsCapacity365MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseMøre bispedømmeDeaneryYtre Nordmøre prostiParishHAZZAJUR

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusRegionally protectedID84050

Edøy Church (Norwegian: Edøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Edøy on the southern coast of the island of Smøla. It is the main church for the Edøy parish which is part of the Ytre Nordmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1885 by the architects Jacob Digre and Johan Digre. The church seats about 365 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The church was built in to replace the medieval Old Edøy Church as the main church for the municipality of Edøy. The old church was on the island of Edøya, but this new church was built on the main island of Smøla to be closer to the majority of the parish's population. The church was completed on 21 August 1885 and on 18 September 1885 the church was consecrated. The new wooden long church has a rectangular nave and a smaller, rectangular chancel. There is a small sacristy on the east end of the chancel. In 1942, the entrance on the west end was enlarged.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Edøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^ "Edøy kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Edøy kirkested / Edøy kirke 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 10 July 2021.