Sande Church (Gaular)


Sande Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sande. It is one of the four churches for the Gaular 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 1864 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1327, but it was not new at that time. The original building was likely a stave church. Around the year 1620, the church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed church on the same site. The main body of the church measured. In 1864, the church was torn down and replaced with the present church. The new church was built in 1864 and it was consecrated on 5 December 1864. In the 1940s, the church was significantly rebuilt using drawings by Johan Lindstrøm. The church seats about 300 people and it