Batalden Chapel

Batalden Chapel
Batalden bedehuskapell
Batalden Chapel
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Batalden Chapel
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°37′14″N 4°49′11″E / 61.620556°N 4.819722°E / 61.620556; 4.819722Coordinates: 61°37′14″N 4°49′11″E / 61.620556°N 4.819722°E / 61.620556; 4.819722
Location Flora Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 26 Feb 1911
Architecture
Status Chapel
Functional status Active
Completed 1907
Specifications
Capacity 100
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kinn
Deanery Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Batalden Chapel (Norwegian: Batalden bedehuskapell) is a chapel in Flora Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Fanøya. The chapel is part of the Kinn parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The building was constructed in 1907 as a community centre. Soon after, the residents wanted to use it as a chapel. The "bedehus" chapel, which has a seating capacity of 100, was consecrated for church functions on 26 February 1911.[1][2]

The name Batalden stems from the big island a little to the north of Fanøya. The chapel was built on the island of Fanøya as a "bedehus" because of the rich herring fisheries where a large number of fishermen from all parts of the coast congregated for long periods of time during the winter months.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  2. ↑ "Batalden "bedehus" Chapel". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  3. ↑ "Batalden chapel". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-11-14.


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