Nedstryn Church


Nedstryn Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nedstryn, just west of the municipal centre of Stryn. It is the church for the Nedstryn parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1859 by Ludolph Rolfsen using plans drawn by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 400 people. The church was consecrated on 6 November 1859.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1330, but it was not new at that time. The first church was likely a stave church and it was known as Stryn Church; it was later renamed Nedstryn. The medieval stave church was demolished around 1650 and a new cruciform church was built on the site. This church was tarred on the outside and had a tower and porch. By the mid-1800s the ailing old church building was in need of major repairs or replacement, so it was demolished in 1859 and the present church was built to replace it on the same site.