Vanylven Church


Vanylven Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Slagnes, on the shore of the Vanylvsfjorden. It is the church for the Vanylven parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti in the Diocese of Møre. The white, brick church was built in a long church style in 1864 by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church seats about 320 people.

History

This church was built in 1864 to replace the old Saint Jetmund Church, located in the nearby village of Åheim. The new location at Slagnes was chosen since it was between the two large villages of Åheim and Fiskåbygd.