| Kleive Church | |
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| Kleive kyrkje | |
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| 62°47′57″N7°39′18″E / 62.799089097°N 7.655035257°E /62.799089097; 7.655035257 | |
| Location | Molde Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 14th century |
| Consecrated | 20 August 1858 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Octagonal |
| Style | Empire style |
| Completed | 1858 (167 years ago) (1858) |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 270 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Møre bispedømme |
| Deanery | Molde domprosti |
| Parish | Kleive |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Listed |
| ID | 84790 |
Kleive Church (Norwegian:Kleive kyrkje) is aparish church of theChurch of Norway inMolde Municipality inMøre og Romsdal county,Norway. It is located in the village ofKleive, at the eastern end of theFannefjorden. It is the church for the Kleiveparish which is part of theMolde domprosti (arch-deanery) in theDiocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in anoctagonal design in theEmpire style in 1858 by an unknownarchitect. The church seats about 270 people.[1][2]
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1589, but the church was not new that year. The first church in Kleive was astave church that was located a little to the southwest of the present-day building. The first church may have been constructed in the 14th century. The medieval church was repaired and renovated many times over the centuries, the final time was in 1682, but by then the church was in very poor condition that it was in danger of collapsing. In 1697, the old church was torn down and a new church was constructed to replace it. The new building was a wooden,cruciform building.[3][4]
In 1814, this church served as anelection church (Norwegian:valgkirke).[5][6] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote theConstitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Eachchurch parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet atEidsvoll Manor later that year.[5][7]
In 1857, that cruciform church was torn down because it was getting too small for the parish. A new church was constructed in 1857-1858 by an unknownarchitect, although there is some evidence that it could have beenChristian H. Grosch.[4] The church was built in anEmpire style with anoctagonal design. There is a rectangularchurch porch on the west end of the octagonalnave and achoir andsacristy on the east end of the building. There is a tower on the roof above the centre of the octagonal nave. The new building wasconsecrated on 20 August 1858.[4]
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