| Sandane Church | |
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| Sandane kyrkje | |
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| 61°46′10″N6°13′29″E / 61.7694665747°N 6.2248304486°E /61.7694665747; 6.2248304486 | |
| Location | Gloppen Municipality, Vestland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Mona kyrkje |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Consecrated | 8 May 1997 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Helge Hjertholm |
| Architectural type | Rectangular |
| Completed | 1997 (28 years ago) (1997) |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
| Deanery | Nordfjord prosti |
| Parish | Gloppen |
Sandane Church (Norwegian:Sandane kyrkje) is aparish church of theChurch of Norway inGloppen Municipality inVestland county,Norway. It is located in the village ofSandane at the southern end of theGloppefjorden. It is one of the four churches for the Gloppenparish which is part of theNordfjord prosti (deanery) in theDiocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in arectangular design in 1997 by thearchitectHelge Hjertholm. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]
Historically, the Sandane area was part of the parish of the medievalVereide Church. By the 1930s, the people of Sandane began discussing building a new, more modern church. Some fundraising began, but the advent ofWorld War II delayed the project, and it was long after the war before the parish began to really look again at building a new church. In the 1980s, the parish began seriously looking at this issue again. An architectural competition was won by the Bergen architectHelge Hjertholm. Construction began in the early 1990s. The first construction stage included building a church hall with some meeting rooms and a kitchen. This stage was completed in 1994. Soon after, construction on the mainsanctuary began. The second stage was completed in 1997. The building wasconsecrated on 8 May 1997 by BishopOle Danbolt Hagesæther. For a while, the church was known asMona kyrkje since the church was located in the Mona neighborhood of Sandane. In 2016, the church became part of the newly established parish of Gloppen.[3] In 2017, an office area was added on to the church building.[4][5]
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