Nordsida Church ( no, Nordsida kyrkje) is a

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of the Church of Norway in Stryn Municipality in

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

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. It is located in the village of Roset, on the northern shore of the Nordfjorden. It is the church for the Nordsida

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which is part of the Nordfjord prosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white,

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church was built in a long church design in 1973 using plans drawn up by the

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Alf Apalseth. The church seats about 220 people.

History

During the 1920s, the people on the north side of the Innvik Church parish began asking for their own church on their side of the fjord. Strife and negotiations of this idea carried on for decades. After

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, political changes ensued in the local municipalities. In 1965, the old

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municipality was divided and a large portion of it was added to Stryn municipality. After some negotiations, approval for the new Nordsida Chapel was given. The new chapel would be an

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under

Hornindal Church Hornindal Church ( no, Hornindal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Volda in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Grodås, at the eastern end of the lake Hornindalsvatnet. It is ...

. The architect Alf Apalseth from

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made the architectural drawings for the new church building and Kjell Sigmar Slinning designed the interior of the church. The church was completed in 1973. The building was consecrated on 9 December 1973 by the Bishop Per Juvkam. In 1977, the part of Stryn that used to be

municipality was separated from Stryn municipality again. On 1 July 1981, Nordsida Chapel was renamed as a ''church'' and it became a full

References

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History

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