Iglesia de Stranda

La iglesia de Stranda o iglesia de Sløgstad ( en noruego : Stranda kyrkje / Sløgstad kyrkje ) es una iglesia parroquial de la Iglesia de Noruega en el municipio de Stranda, en el condado de Møre og Romsdal , Noruega . Está ubicada en el pueblo de Stranda , a lo largo de la costa occidental del fiordo Storfjorden . Es la iglesia de la parroquia de Stranda , que forma parte del decanato de Nordre Sunnmøre en la diócesis de Møre . La iglesia, de madera blanca, fue construida en 1838 en estilo octogonal por un arquitecto desconocido . Tiene capacidad para unas 260 personas. ^{[ 1 ] [ 2 ]}

Los primeros registros históricos existentes de la iglesia datan de 1432, cuando se menciona en el catastro de Aslak Bolt , pero la iglesia no era nueva ese año. La primera iglesia en Stranda era una iglesia de madera , ubicada en el mismo lugar que la iglesia actual. Es posible que la iglesia se haya construido por primera vez en el siglo XIII. Originalmente, la iglesia tenía una planta alargada , pero en algún momento de los siglos XVI o XVII, se amplió añadiendo transeptos de madera al norte y al sur de la nave para crear una planta cruciforme . En la década de 1720, se describió como un templo con una nave que medía 36 por 22 pies (11,0 m × 6,7 m) , un coro que medía 20 por 22 pies (6,1 m × 6,7 m) y brazos transversales de 20 por 22 pies (6,1 m × 6,7 m) cada uno . ^{[ 3 ] [ 4 ]}         

On 8 January 1731, there was a large rockslide on the nearly vertical Skafjellet mountain that is located across the Storfjorden from the church. This rockslide fell into the fjord and caused a small megatsunami to rush across the fjord. The wave destroyed the church which sat on the shore as well as many of the surrounding buildings. A new church was built that same year, but it was built about 150 metres (490 ft) to the northwest on higher ground. The new church was a timber-framed building with a cruciform design. The old cemetery that surrounded the old church was maintained and no new cemetery was built by the new church.^[4][5]

In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).^[6][7] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet at Eidsvoll Manor later that year.^[6][8]

In 1838, a new church was built on the site of the old church (closer to the fjord). It was a timber-framed building with an octagonal floor plan. The building had a choir extension in the east, a church porch in the west, and a small tower on the roof above the middle of the nave. The new church was built by the carpenter Knut S. Øye. The new church was consecrated on 30 September 1838. After this, the old church was torn down. The choir was expanded in 1927, and at the same time there was a sacristy added on the east side of the choir.^[4][3]

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  Painting of the old church (1731-1838)
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