Bremanger Church

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Bremanger Church (Norwegian: Bremanger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bremanger Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bremanger on the island of Bremangerlandet. It is the church for the Bremanger parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1914 by the architect Anders Karlsen from Eid. The church seats about 400 people. The church was originally called Bremangerpollen Chapel. The name was changed to Bremanger Church in 1952. The church is located at Hauge, in the innermost part of the Bremangerpollen bay. The church was consecrated on 4 September 1914 by the bishop Johan Willoch Erichsen.

History: The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1330, but it was likely not new at that time. The first church in Bremanger was a wooden stave church tat was located at Grotle, on the southwest shore of the island of Bremangerlandet, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of the village of Bremanger. This church was likely first built during the 13th century. In 1652, the church was remodeled and expanded such that...