Vangsnes Church


Vangsnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vangsnes. It is the church for the Vangsnes parish which is part of the Sogn prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1861 using designs by the local Vicar Harald Ulrik Sverdrup. The church seats about 261 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1340, but the church was not new that year, but rather it is likely the church was built in the mid-1100s. The original building was a stave church. In 1854, the church was described as having a nave with a choir. By this time, the 700-year-old building was in poor condition. It was said to be so bad that snow and wind would get through the walls. In 1861, the stave church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the same site. The new church was consecrated on 24 October 1861 by the Dean Thomas Erichsen.