Holm Church () is a

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of the

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Holm Holm may refer to: Places * Holm (island), the name of several islands * Holm, Nordfriesland, Germany * Holm, Pinneberg, Germany * Holm (Flensburg), Flensburg, Germany * Holm, Nordland, a village in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county ...

, about halfway between the villages of

Åfarnes Åfarnes (historically, ''Aafarnes'') is a village in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is located at the confluence of the three fjords: Romsdal Fjord, Langfjorden, and Rødvenfjorden. The local Church of Norwa ...

and

Mittet Mittet is a small village in the northern part of Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the south shore of the Langfjorden. Mittet has a population of about 150. It has a grocery store, gas station, and a campin ...

. It is one of the churches for the ''Eid og Holm''

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which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti (

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

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design and in the

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style in 1907 using plans drawn up by the

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Karl Norum. The church seats about 220 people.

History

The people of the Holm area were part of the

Old Veøy Church Old Veøy Church () is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Veøya which lies in the Romsdalsfjorden. It was the main church for the Veøy ...

parish for centuries. On 14 May 1901, a royal resolution separated it out as its own parish. Soon after, plans were made to build a new, large church in Holm. Karl Norum was hired to design the new church. It was manufactured and partially built in a factory setting and then its parts were somewhat disassembled and shipped to the building site.

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History

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