Åram Church ( no, Åram kyrkje) is a

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of the Church of Norway in the

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Vanylven Vanylven is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Møre og Romsdal Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre is the village of Fiskåbygd. Other villages i ...

in Møre og Romsdal county,

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. It is located in the village of

Åram Åram is a village in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located on the mainland, about straight north of the municipal centre of Fiskåbygd. The village has a ferry quay A wharf, quay (, also ), stai ...

in the northern part of the municipality. It is the church for the Åram

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which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti ( deanery) in the

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(since 2002; prior to that time it was part of the Sande parish). The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1927 using plans drawn up by the

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Sivert Storegjerde. The church seats about 300 people.

History

The Åram area was historically part of the Sande Church parish. In the 1910s, the parish decided to build the new Gursken Church on the island of Gurskøya and divide the parish into two. The new church was built in 1918. This led the people of Åram on the mainland to demand their own church so they didn't have to boat across a fjord to attend church services. After a lot of discussions, the parish was divided into three, and it was decided to build a new church at Åram. The new Åram Church was designed and built by the builder Sivert Storegjerde. It was consecrated on 20 January 1927. In 1964, the building was enlarged by adding bathrooms near the main entrance. On 1 January 2002, the mainland Åram portion of Sande Municipality was transferred to the neighboring

Vanylven Municipality Vanylven is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Fiskåbygd. Other villages in the municipality include Åheim, Åram, Rovdane, Eidså, Slagnes ...

. The church was also transferred to the Vanylven parish council at the same time.

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