Sæle Church


Sæle Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sæle, on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden. It is one of two churches for the Balestrand parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The yellow, wooden church was built in a long church design with a Romanesque revival style in 1903 using designs by the architect Hans Jacob Sparre from Oslo. The church seats about 170 people.

History

Sæle Church was built to replace the centuries-old stone Kvamsøy Church on the nearby island of Kvamsøy. Sæle Church have always belonged to Vik parish, but in 1964, it was transferred to Balestrand parish. The church was consecrated on 28 April 1903 by the Bishop Johan Willoch Erichsen.

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