Valderøy Church ( no, Valderøy kyrkje) is a

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of the Church of Norway in

Giske Municipality Giske is an island municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The municipality lies north-northwest of the town of Ålesund in the traditional district of Sunnmøre. The municipal centre is Valderhaugstrand. Other population centres i ...

in Møre og Romsdal county,

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. It is located on the south side of the village of

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on the island of

Valderøya Valderøya or Valderøy is an island off the west coast of Norway. It is part of Giske Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county. The island is connected to the city of Ålesund to the south via the Valderøy Tunnel to the island of Ellingsøy ...

. It is the church for the Valderøy

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which is part of the

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( deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, brick church was built in a long church design in 1961 using plans drawn up by the

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Øyvind B. Grimnes. The church seats about 530 people.

History

A royal resolution was issued on 12 April 1957 that granted permission for building a church on Valderøya. Øyvind Berg Grimnes was hired to design the new church. Site work began on 18 September 1858 and on 29 July 1959 the

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was laid. It was officially consecrated for use on 29 July 1961.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Valderoy Church Giske Churches in Møre og Romsdal Long churches in Norway Brick churches in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1961 1961 establishments in Norway

History

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