Mo Church (Møre og Romsdal)

Mo Church
Mo kirke

View of the church
Mo Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
Mo Church
Location in Møre og Romsdal
63°00′00″N 8°57′58″E / 63.0001°N 8.9661°E / 63.0001; 8.9661Coordinates: 63°00′00″N 8°57′58″E / 63.0001°N 8.9661°E / 63.0001; 8.9661
Location Surnadal Municipality,
Møre og Romsdal
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Erik Jakobsen Holten
Style Y-shaped
Completed 1728
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Mo
Deanery Indre Nordmøre prosti
Diocese Diocese of Møre

Mo Church (Norwegian: Mo kirke) is a parish church in Surnadal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mo in the upper Surnadalen valley. The church is part of the Mo parish in the Indre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The church is one of five Y-shaped churches in Norway. The red, wooden church was built in 1728 and the unique design came from the architect Erik Holten. The church seats about 200 people.[1]

Diagram of the interior of the Y-shaped building

The present church was built in 1728 to replace an earlier stave church that dated back to the 16th century. Possible burial mounds from the Viking Age dating back to around 1000 are located near the church.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mo kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Mo Kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Surnadal kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Mo Kirke". Retrieved 2013-04-18.



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