St. Olaf’s Church
St. Olaf's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Balestrand in Sogndal Municipality in the county of Vestland in Norway. The church was built in 1897 as a stave church imitation and has 95 seats.Photo: 3s, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: Anglican church in Balestrand
- Also known as: “Balestrand English Church”, “Engelskkyrkja”, “St Olaf’s Church”, “St. Olaf’s Church, Balestrand”, and “The English Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism and Tjugum Church.
The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism
Museum
Photo: Reiselivsmuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism is a museum located in the village of Balestrand which is located in Sogndal Municipality, Vestland county, Norway. The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism is situated 310 metres northeast of St. Olaf’s Church.
Tjugum Church
Church
Photo: Arild Nybø, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tjugum Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just outside the village of Balestrand. Tjugum Church is situated 1 km northeast of St. Olaf’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balestrand.
Balestrand
Photo: Nelson Minar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balestrand is a former municipality in the old Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The 429-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 2020.
St. Olaf’s Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sogndal, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.2076° or 61° 12′ 27″ northLongitude
6.53438° or 6° 32′ 4″ eastOpen location code
9FH86G5M+2QOpenStreetMap ID
way 231009156OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q2222086
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“St. Olaf’s Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “St. Olafs Kirke”
- German: “Englische Kirche (Balestrand)”
- German: “Sankt-Olav-Kirche”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Olafs kirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Olafs kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “St. Olafs kirke”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Олафа”
- Swedish: “St. Olafs kyrka, Balestrand”
- Swedish: “St. Olafs kyrka”
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