Ellingsøy Church

Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

62°29′32″N 6°16′18″E / 62.4922098389°N 6.2715464830°E / 62.4922098389; 6.2715464830LocationÅlesund Municipality,
Møre og RomsdalCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1990Consecrated30 August 1998ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Lauritz NesArchitectural typeFan-shapedCompleted1990 (34 years ago) (1990)SpecificationsCapacity380MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseMøre bispedømmeDeaneryNordre Sunnmøre prostiParishEllingsøy

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID227395

Ellingsøy Church (Norwegian: Ellingsøy kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ålesund Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the island of Ellingsøya, just west of the village of Myklebost. It is the church for the Ellingsøy parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The brick church was built in a fan-shaped design in 1990 using plans drawn up by the architect Lauritz Nes. The church seats about 380 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The brick church was built in 1990 by the architect Lauritz Nes and it originally was a chapel for the parish. In 1998, the chapel was expanded by the architect Oskar Norderval and it was consecrated as a church on 30 August 1998.^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ellingsøy kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
^ "Ellingsøy kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 August 2021.