Fresvik Church

Fresvik Church (

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1340, but it was not new that year. The first church was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 12th century. This church stood for hundreds of years on the same site as the present church. In the mid-1600s, the church was enlarged. The old choir was converted into a sacristy and the old nave was turned into the choir, and finally, a new nave was built to the west of the old church. The new nave measured about 9.5 by 8.8 metres (31 ft × 29 ft) and the new choir (old nave) measured about 7 by 6 metres (23 ft × 20 ft) and the new sacristy (old choir) measured about 4.3 by 4 metres (14 ft × 13 ft). A new 2.8-by-2.8-metre (9 ft 2 in × 9 ft 2 in) church porch was also built at the same time.^[3][4][5]

By the 1860s, people in the parish began asking for a new church because the church was too small for the parish. At that time, the church was privately owned and the owners did not want to pay money to enlarge the church or build a new one. They wanted to parish to pay. In 1869, the parish purchased the old church for 200

See also

• List of churches in Bjørgvin

References