Sør-Vågsøy Church
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Sør-Vågsøy Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Måløy on the southeastern coast of the Vågsøy (island), island of Vågsøy. It is the church for the Sør-Vågsøy parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1907 by the architect Lars Sølvberg. The church seats about 600 people.


History

Historically, the island of Vågsøy was part of the Selje Church parish. In 1900, the Vågsøy area was made into a separate parish with Nord-Vågsøy Church, Vågsøy Church serving the whole parish. Soon after, there were demands for a new church to be built in Måløy that would serve the southern part of the island. In 1905, the fairly new parish of Vågsøy was divided into two parishes. Vågsøy Church would be renamed Nord-Vågsøy Church and it would serve the northern part of the island and a new ''Sør-Vågsøy Church'' would be built for the southern part of the island. The new church was designed by Lars Sølvberg from Utvik. Construction on the new church began in 1906. On 5 September 1907, Sør-Vågsøy Church was consecrated by Bishop Johan Willoch Erichsen. The church is a neo-Gothic, wooden long church with a Choir (architecture), choir on the north end of the nave with a sacristy on each side of the choir. The church porch is on the south end of the nave and it has a tower above it. The altarpiece was painted in 1907 by artist Sveinung Aanondsen (1854-1919). The church was extensively renovated in 1951–1952. At this time, new stained glass windows were added in the eight large windows in the nave's long walls, electrical heating was added, and a bathroom was built. In 2006, the church porch was enlarged to all a meeting room, cloak room, and bathrooms. On 1 January 2020, the island of Vågsøy became a part of the newly created Kinn Municipality (before that, it was part of Vågsøy Municipality).


Media gallery

Sør Vågsøy kirke 2.jpg, View of the present church Sor vagsoy kirke maloy tunliweb.jpg, View of the present church Soer-Vaagsoey kyrkje Wilse.jpeg, View of the church in 1930 Maaloey med Soer-Vaagsoey kyrkje Wilse.jpeg, View of the church in 1930


See also

*List of churches in Bjørgvin


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sor-Vaagsoy Church Kinn Churches in Vestland Long churches in Norway Wooden churches in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1900 1900 establishments in Norway