Ålhus Church
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Ålhus kyrkje | |
View of the church
View of the church
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Location | Jølster Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Gunder Gregoriussen Støfringshaug |
Completed | 1795 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Ålhus |
Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Ålhus Church (Norwegian: Ålhus kyrkje) is a parish church in Jølster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålhus on the northern shore of the lake Jølstravatnet. The church is part of the Ålhus parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]
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History
Ålhus Church was built in 1795, on the same spot as a stave church from the Middle Ages. The white, wooden church was designed by the architect Gunder Gregoriussen Støfringshaug. The new Ålhus Church was restored in 1868 and again between 1947 and 1951. In the porch of the church there is a door that is said to be from a castle that belonged to Audun Hugleiksson.[3]
Media gallery
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Aalhus kyrkje 1926 Wilse (cropped).jpeg
View of the church from 1926
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Aalhus kyrkje01.JPG
View of the church
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Door from Ålhus kirke.jpg
The old door from the castle
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