Hustad Church ( no, Hustad kyrkje) is a parish church of the

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in Hustadvika Municipality in

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county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hustad along the Hustadvika coast. It is the church for the Hustad parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-

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) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1874 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 400 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, but that was not the year the church was constructed. The first church in Hustad was a stave church that was likely built in the 12th century. The church stood about northwest of the present church site. The church is located on the Hustad farm which is mentioned in 1123 in the (the

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of the sons of Magnus) in the Heimskringla when the story tells about how King Øystein died suddenly at Hustad. At some point, the stave church had deteriorated and a new timber-framed church was built next to it. In 1646, records show that both the old and new churches were still standing near each other. The timber-framed church had a cruciform design. At some point, the old stave church was torn down. In 1718, a lightning strike caused the church to burn down and it took 20 years before it was replaced. In 1738, a new cruciform church was built on the same site. The nave of the new building measured . In the 1870s, the church was found to be too small for the congregation, so it was torn down and its materials were auctioned off. The

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was sent to the Sandvig Collections (''Sandvigske Samlinger'') at the Nordic Museum in Maihaugen in

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. The pulpit was later moved to the Garmo Stave Church. A new, larger church was built in 1874. The new church was built about southeast of the old church site, right outside the old cemetery which surrounded the old church. The church bell and the brass

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from the old 1738 church were saved and installed in the new church. The new church was designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and it was built by the master carpenter Jacob Digre. The new building was

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in 1875.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hustad Church (Fraena) Hustadvika (municipality) Churches in Møre og Romsdal Long churches in Norway Wooden churches in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1874 12th-century establishments in Norway

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