|
Kjølsdalen Church
Kjølsdalen Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjølsdalen. It is the church for the Kjølsdalen parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1940 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Fredrik Crawfurd-Jensen. The church seats about 300 people. History Historically, the Kjølsdalen area was part of the Davik Church parish in Davik municipality. During the 1870s, there was some bitter local strife about the location of the church in Davik. The people on the north side of the Nordfjorden (Vestland), Nordfjorden wanted the church moved across the fjord to Haus (near Kjølsdalen) and the people on the south side wanted it to stay in the village of Davik where it had been for centuries. The parish council eventually agreed to move the church site, but this never came to fruition. In 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stad Municipality
Stad is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The municipality includes much of the northern shore of the Nordfjorden as well as the Stad peninsula. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nordfjordeid. Other villages in the municipality include Selje, Barmen, Ervik, Flatraket, Hoddevik, Hoddevika, Håvik, Leikanger, Mogrenda, Stårheim, Haugen, Kjølsdalen, Heggjabygda, and Lote. The municipality is the 152nd largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Stad is the 119th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 9,543. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 9.6% over the previous 10-year period. The Stad Ship Tunnel is a planned canal and tunnel to bypass the Stad peninsula in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. When built it will be the first full-size ship tunnel in the world and will allow boats to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
