Stongfjorden Chapel


Stongfjorden Chapel is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stongfjorden. It is one of three annex chapels in the Askvoll parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden chapel was built in 1908 as a bedehus by the architect Martinus Haugen. The chapel seats about 300 people.

History

The chapel was originally constructed as a prayer house in 1908. The cost of the building was. Initially, the parish held two worship services per year at the prayer house. Soon after, it was decided to upgrade the building to a chapel. It was consecrated for regular church use on 6 December 1914 by the local dean Jonas Rein Landmark. This meant that the church would now have six worship services per year. During the 1960s, the basement was finished with a kitchen, dining hall, and bathrooms. In 1970, a choir was added to the building and in 1971, a new belltower with steeple were added.

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