Hjørundfjord Church

Hjørundfjord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Ørsta, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It is located in the village of Sæbø on the west coast of the Hjørundfjorden. It is the church for the Hjørundfjord parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1880 by the architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The church seats about 480 people.
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1432, but the church was not new that year. The old stave church was originally located at Hustad, about 700 metres southwest of the present church site in Sæbø. In the 1580s, there apparently was some flooding and changes to the flow of the small river that passed by the church, so it was decided to dismantle the church and move it to the northeast into the village of Sæbø. In 1711-1713, the church was expanded with the construction of a cross-arm, making the floorplan cruciform. In 1880, the church was torn down and a new church was built about 40 metres to the west of the previous location.

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