Forsnes Chapel () is a

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of the

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Hitra Municipality Hitra is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The municipality covers the Hitra (island), island of Hitra and hundreds of smaller islands, islets, and Skerry, skerries as well as an ar ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of Forsnes on the southwestern coast of the island of Hitra. It is one of the churches for the ''Kvenvær og Sandstad''

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The red, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1935 using materials from the Old Kvenvær Church which had been moved here and rebuilt by the builder M.O. Gunther. The church seats about 164 people.

History

Old Kvenvær Church

Kvenvær Church Kvenvær Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvenvær on the northwestern coast of the island of Hitra. It is one of the churches for the ''Kven ...

was historically located on the small island of Hakkebuøya off the western shores of the village of

Kvenvær Kvenvær is a fishing village in Hitra Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village is located on the northwestern coast of the island of Hitra. It is just south of the Bispøyan islands. Kvenvær Church is located in the village. ...

on the main island of

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where it was established in the mid-15th century. A new church was built there in 1763 which was in use there until 1909 when the new Kvenvær Church was built in the village of

on the main island of Hitra in a more easily accessible location. The old Kvenvær Church stood unused from 1909 until 1934 when the 171-year-old building was deconstructed and moved to the village of Forsnes where it was rebuilt and renamed as the ''Forsnes Chapel''. The builder M.O. Gunther from

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led the reconstruction. The newly rebuilt chapel was

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on 17 October 1935.

References

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History

Old Kvenvær Church

See also

References