Folkestad Chapel

Folkestad Chapel
Folkestad bedehuskapell
Folkestad Chapel
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Folkestad Chapel
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°16′13″N 5°01′43″E / 61.2703°N 5.0286°E / 61.2703; 5.0286Coordinates: 61°16′13″N 5°01′43″E / 61.2703°N 5.0286°E / 61.2703; 5.0286
Location Fjaler Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 4 September 1940
Architecture
Status Chapel
Functional status Active
Completed 1913
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Fjaler
Deanery Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Folkestad Chapel (Norwegian: Folkestad bedehuskapell) is a chapel in Fjaler Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Våge in extreme western Fjaler. The chapel is part of the Fjaler parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden bedehus was built in 1913 by master builder Gerhard Folkestad. In 1940, it was enlarged to 200 seats and it was consecrated for church use on 4 September 1940 by Bishop Andreas Fleischer. Prior to 1991, this chapel was part of the Askvoll municipality (and parish). After a municipal border change, the chapel is now part of Fjaler.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  2. ↑ "Folkestad Chapel". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-12-09.


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