Helgheim Church


Helgheim Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Helgheim, right on the shore of the lake Jølstravatnet. It is the church for the Helgheim parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1877 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 500 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new at that time. The original Helgheim Church was likely a stave church. The medieval church was torn down during the first half of the 1600s and replaced with a timber-framed church. In 1876, construction of a new church was begun beside the old church. The old church was torn down as the construction progressed. The new church was consecrated on 28 November 1877 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland.

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