Totland Church

Church in Vestland, Norway

61°55′57″N 5°23′18″E / 61.932436864°N 5.3882465064°E / 61.932436864; 5.3882465064LocationStad Municipality,
VestlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1912Consecrated8 August 1912ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Lars Sølvberg and
Jens SølvbergArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1912 (112 years ago) (1912)SpecificationsCapacity250MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseBjørgvin bispedømmeDeaneryNordfjord prostiParishTotland

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusListedID85659

Totland Church (Norwegian: Totland kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Totland, along the north shore of the Nordfjorden. It is the church for the Totland parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1912 using plans drawn up by the architect Lars Sølvberg and Jens Sølvberg. The church seats about 250 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The church was built in 1912 to serve the people of the old Davik municipality who lived on the north side of the Nordfjorden. The chapel was designed by Lars Sølvberg and Jens Sølvberg. Lars Sølvberg was originally hired to design the building, but he became ill before they could be completed, so Jens Sølvberg completed the drawings. The building has many similarities to the Sør-Vågsøy Church which Lars Sølvberg designed several years earlier. The building is considerably smaller than that church, however. The chapel was consecrated on 8 August 1912. From 1912 until 1953, the chapel at Totland was an annex chapel of the Rugsund Church parish which was based across the fjord. In 1953, Totland became its own parish (sokn). In 1965, the municipality of Davik was split up and merged into other neighboring municipalities and the parish area of Totland was merged into Vågsøy Municipality until 2020 when it became part of the newly created Stad Municipality.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Totland kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
^ "Totland kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
^ "Totland kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 August 2021.