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Austefjord Church
Austefjord Church
Austefjord kyrkje
	View of the church
	62°03′42″N 6°19′33″E / 62.061778207°N 6.3258799911°E
Location	Volda Municipality,; Møre og Romsdal
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	November 1879
Consecrated	1 July 1880
Events	Moved from Bjugn Municipality in 1879
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1773 (251 years ago)
Specifications
Capacity	150
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Møre bispedømme
Deanery	Søre Sunnmøre prosti
Parish	Austefjord
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	83823

Austefjord Church (Norwegian: Austefjord kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Volda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fyrde, at the eastern end of the Austefjorden. It is the church for the Austefjord parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1879 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 150 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The church was originally built in 1773 (some sources say 1766) in the village of Nes in Bjugn Municipality (now part of Ørland Municipality), where it was known as Nes Church. The Bjugn parish sold the church to the parish of Volda in April 1879 for 2800 kr. The church was then disassembled and moved from Nes to the village of Fyrde. It was reassembled there and renamed Austefjord Chapel (it was later renamed as a church). The builder was Gjert Lien from Nordfjord. The new church was completed and put into use in November 1879. The building was consecrated on 1 July 1880 by the local parish priest Lars Gledistch. Originally, the church was painted red, but later this was changed to white.^[3]^[4]^[5]