Dale Church (Vaksdal)


Dale Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vaksdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dale. It is the church for the Dale parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1956 using designs by the architect Arnstein Arneberg. The church seats about 600 people.

History

In 1895, plans were made to build a chapel at Dale. Peter and Jens Jebsen wrote a letter to the municipal council that Dale Fabrikker, a local industrial business, would pay for the upkeep of the new chapel. On 16 July 1896, King Oscar II visited Dale and saw the chapel as it was being built. The new chapel was consecrate on 15 November 1896. In 1916, electric lights were install in the building. In the 1950s, the chapel was too small for the village, so it was torn down and a new, larger church was built. The new church was consecrated on 16 December 1956.

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