Ålfoten Church


Ålfoten Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålfoten, very close to the shore of the Ålfotfjorden. It is the church for the Ålfoten parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, cog-joint, wooden church was built in a long church style during the 17th century by an unknown architect. The church seats about 100 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1330, but the stave church was built sometime before that. The old church was torn down during the 17th century and replaced with the present church which was built on the same site of the old church. For a long time, the year 1678 was believed to be the year of the construction, but it probably dates from about 1610-1620. This church is the oldest wooden church still standing in the Nordfjord region of Norway. It is a small, modest church with no tower and a small stone wall around the churchyard. The interior is almost all unpainted. The interior was restored in the late 1970s.