Vågøy Church


Vågøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hustadvika Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Vågøya at the entrance to the Frænfjorden. It is one of the two churches for the Vågøy og Myrbostad parish which is part of the Molde domprosti in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1904 by the architect Ole Havnæs. The church seats about 550 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1412. The original church was a stave church. A stave church on the site was torn down in the 1660s. A new, timber-framed cruciform building was completed in 1669. In 1900, the 230-year old church burned down after being struck by lightning. The church was replaced in 1904, when the present building was completed.