Sykkylven Church


Sykkylven Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sykkylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Aure. It is the church for the Sykkylven parish which is part of the Nordre Sunnmøre prosti in the Diocese of Møre. The red brick church was built in a long church style in 1990 by the architect Oskar F. Norderval. The church seats about 850 people. The building was consecrated on 15 April 1990 by the Bishop Ole Nordhaug.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1416. In 1606, the old stave church burned down and it was rebuilt on the same site as a timber-framed, cruciform building. Years later, a new church was built just to the south of the old one and the new building was consecrated in the spring of 1883. In the fall of the same year, the old church was torn down. On 2 February 1983, the 100-year-old church burned down. Many years passed before a new church was constructed. In 1990, the new church was finally completed. It was built just to the south of the old church site, just outside of the church cemetery.

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