Husøy Church (Solund)

Coordinates: 61°00′47″N 4°40′22″E / 61.013094078°N 4.6726629137°E / 61.013094078; 4.6726629137
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Husøy Church
Husøy kyrkje
Map
61°00′47″N 4°40′22″E / 61.013094078°N 4.6726629137°E / 61.013094078; 4.6726629137
Location
Nordhordland prosti
ParishSolund
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID84676

Husøy Church (

long church design in 1896 using plans drawn up by the architect Peter Andersen. The church seats about 174 people.[1][2]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1350, but it was not new that year. The first church was a wooden

Harald Hardråde gathered his fleet at Utvær before sailing to attack England in 1066. This area was also one of the common meeting place for sailors heading to Iceland and other islands. The weather on Utvær was harsh and the chapel sat on a high point, very visible on the relatively flat, rocky islands. There are reports of the roof being blown off the chapel and the siding being repaired. In 1666 or 1667, some Scottish seafarers raided and plundered the chapel and broke some windows. Reports from 1686 tell that Utvær chapel had a nave that measured 7 by 6 metres (23 ft × 20 ft) and a square choir that measured 4 metres (13 ft) on each side. It was also mentioned that the church was in poor condition and rarely used anymore. The last service held at Utvær was on 1 August 1717. After that, the church was torn down and replaced with a new church on the small island of Husøy, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) away and much closer to the mainland. In 1723, the old chapel was torn down.[3][4][5]

The new chapel was built in the fall of 1717 or the spring of 1718 on the small island of Husøy, just west of the large island of Ytre Sula. It was a small white church with its nave measuring 7.5 by 6.3 metres (25 ft × 21 ft) with a low steeple. The new church could seat about 120 people. The church site was not the greatest. By 1755, the church records show that the wooden beams supporting the floor were already rotting. Also, there was very little soil on the rocky island, so it was very difficult to bury coffins in the churchyard. In 1787, the church was repaired with the hopes that it would last another 100 years. During the 1800s, the area had increased in population so that the congregation was nearly 500 people.[6][5]

In 1888, Husøy was split out from the vast

consecrated on 15 October 1896. When the new church was completed, the old church on Husøy was sold and torn down. The materials were used to build a prayer house in Leirvåg in Lindås.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Husøy kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ^ Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Gjerde, Anders. "Kyrkjestaden Utvær" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Utvær kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Husøy kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. ^ Henden Aaraas, Margrethe; Gjerde, Anders. "Kyrkjestaden Husøy" (in Norwegian). Fylkesarkivet. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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