Bulandet Chapel ( no, Bulandet bedehuskapell) is a

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of the

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Askvoll Municipality is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative centre is the village of Askvoll. Other villages in the municipality include Holmedal, Kvammen, and Stongfjorden. The m ...

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county,

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. It is located on the Kjempeneset point on the island of Musøya in the

Bulandet Bulandet is an archipelago in the sea off the mainland coast of Western Norway. The island group is part of Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It sits about west of the mainland coast of Askvoll. The islands of Værlandet and Ald ...

islands. It is one of three annex chapels in the Askvoll

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which is part of the

Sunnfjord prosti Sunnfjord ( en, the southern fjord - in contrast to Nordfjord) is a traditional district in Western Norway located in Vestland county. It includes the municipalities of Askvoll, Fjaler, the southernmost parts of Kinn, Sunnfjord, and the southern ...

(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden chapel was built in 1905 in a

long church Church building in Norway began when Christianity was established there around the year 1000. The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is inconclusive. For instance under Urnes Stave C ...

design. It was

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d as a chapel on 27 July 1909 by the

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for the

, Henrik Borchgrevink. The chapel seats about 170 people.

History

Bulandet has been the site of a church since the

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. There was once an old chapel on the island of Gjelsa in the Bulandet islands, but that was torn down in 1813. Before that church was built, records show that there once was a church on the nearby island of ''Kyrkøyna'' (lit. "the Church Island"). The present chapel sits on the Kjempeneset peninsula on the island of Musøya. This is a very suitable location choice for the third church building since it was the centre of the village area for the islands. In addition to the chapel, there are homes, an inn, and a shop at that site. The small wooden prayer house was constructed in 1905. In 1909, the building was enlarged by adding a

chancel In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse. Ove ...

and tower and then it was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

as an

annex chapel A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ease is deliberately bu ...

on 27 July 1909 by the local Provost Henrik Borchgrevink. During the 1960s, the chapel was extensively renovated. During this rebuilding project, a new

sacristy A sacristy, also known as a vestry or preparation room, is a room in Christian churches for the keeping of vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records. The sacristy is usually located ...

was built and the

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with a new coat room and bathroom as well as adding a small kitchen on the second floor. The church was re-opened on 27 July 1966.

References

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History

See also

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