Hen Church


Hen Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Isfjorden, about east of the town of Åndalsnes. It is the church for the Hen parish which is part of the Indre Romsdal prosti in the Diocese of Møre. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1831 by an unknown architect. The church seats about 200 people.

History

There has been a church in this village for centuries. There are some artifacts from the church dating back to the 13th century that are now at the Romsdal Museum and the oldest existing written records of the church date back to 1589. The oldest known church building on the site was a stave church which stood on the site until the 1830s when it was torn down. That building was. It was replaced in 1831 by a rectangular building that was constructed out of granite. It was likely built just outside the churchyard which surrounded to the old church. This new, white stone church has an onion dome on top of a central tower on the roof. The current pulpit is from the 1930s and the altarpiece from 1831.

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