Stongfjorden Chapel ( no, Stongfjorden bedehuskapell) is a

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of the Church of Norway in

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 ...

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 Stongfjorden. 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 ...

( deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden chapel was built in 1908 in a long church design using plans drawn up by the

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Martinus Haugen. The chapel seats about 300 people.

History

The chapel was originally constructed as a prayer house (''bedehus'') in 1908. The cost of the building was . Initially, the parish held two

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s per year at the prayer house. Soon after, it was decided to upgrade the building to a chapel. It was consecrated for regular church use on 6 December 1914 by the local

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Jonas Rein Landmark. This meant that the church would now have six worship services per year. During the 1960s, the basement was finished with a kitchen, dining hall, and bathrooms. In 1970, a

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was added to the building and in 1971, a new belltower with steeple were added. On 1 August 2014, the chapel was taken out of regular use. This means that regular

s are no longer held there, however, the church can still be used on special occasions.

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Stongfjorden chapel, 1908. (4544862909).jpg, Original design of the church Stongfjorden bedehuskapell.jpg, Present design of the church

References

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