Veøy Church

Veøy Church
Veøy Church
Veøy kyrkje
	View of the church
	62°41′08″N 7°27′15″E / 62.685675632°N 7.4542719125°E
Location	Molde Municipality,; Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1907
Consecrated	1907
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Karl Norum
Architectural type	Long church
Style	Dragestil
Completed	1907 (117 years ago)
Specifications
Capacity	212
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Møre bispedømme
Deanery	Molde domprosti
Parish	Røvik og Veøy
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	85828

Veøy Church (Norwegian: Veøy kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sølsnes. It is the main church for the Røvik og Veøy parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design in the dragestil style in 1907 by the architect Karl Norum. The church seats about 212 people.^[1]^[2]

History

Towards the end of the 19th century, the island of Veøya had long since been depopulated, with the exception of the clergy family and its household, so it was difficult to maintain a main parish church such as the Old Veøy Church on the island. In 1901, it was decided to take the island's medieval church out of use as a parish church and move the church site to Sølsnes on the mainland nearby. The new church was designed by the architect Karl Norum. The new building was completed and consecrated in 1907.^[3]^[4]

Media gallery

Front view
Exterior from east
Close up of the tower
Side view

References

^ "Veøy kyrkje, Sølsnes". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Veøy kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Sølsnes (Veøy) kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 20 July 2021.