Norway
Western Norway
Sunnfjord Municipality

Førde Church

Førde Church is a of the Church of Norway in in Vestland county, . It is located in the . It is the church for the Førde parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church building in Sunnfjord, Norway
  • Also known as: “Forde” and “Førde kyrkje”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Førde barneskule and Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum.

School
Photo: Eirik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a school, which is situated 120 metres south of Førde Church.

Museum
Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an art museum located in , . The museum was established in 1987. The museum was initially called the Sogn og Fjordane County Gallery, and it adopted its current name in 2000. is situated 540 metres southwest of Førde Church.

Cemetery
Photo: Vinguru, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1¼ km southeast of Førde Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Førde and Førde.

Town
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is the administrative centre of in Vestland county, . The town is located at the eastern end of the Førdefjorden, at the mouth of the river .

Photo: Sigrunespe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former municipality in the county of , . It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants.

Førde Church

Latitude
61.4558° or 61° 27′ 21″ north
Longitude
5.86285° or 5° 51′ 46″ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Inception
1885
Operator
Førde kyrkjelege fellesråd
Open location code
9FH7FV47+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 480888518
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
8532166
Wiki­data ID
Q13611116
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Førde Church” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Førde Kirke”
  • Finnish: “Førden kirkko (Sunnfjord)”
  • Finnish: “Førden kirkko”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Førde kirke”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Førde kyrkje i Sunnfjord”
  • Norwegian: “Førde kirke”
  • Norwegian: “Førde”
  • Swedish: “Førde kyrka”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Førde Church”. Photo: Eirik, CC BY-SA 3.0.