Fortun Church

The Evangelical Lutheran Church Fortun is in the south of the village Fortun, which is located in the municipality of Luster og Fjordane in Norway's Sogn. It was built in 1879 and replaced the original and for the community had become too small stave church was moved to Fantoft in Bergen. The Church is a long church and was designed by architect Erik Pedersen Rusten.

Appearance and construction

The church is built of wood and has a two-step tower at the entrance portal. In the tower is a bell from the 12th century. The nave has six large windows on both sides and ends in a five-sided choir. The church is both outside and inside painted white. In the chancel is the altar and is limited with an octagonal balustrade.

Equipment

The church has 230 seats. A stained glass window in the middle choir shows Jesus in a blue robe with a red cape. The church has an altar-piece, which was made ​​in the years 1630 and painted in 1692. It shows a Diptych with Moses on the left and Christ on the right side and above a small image of the crucifixion. In the choir is the baptismal font with an inscription in Nynorsk from the Gospel of Luke "Lat småborni koma til meg - hindra dei ikkje for Guds rike høyrer slike til. Luk. 18.16. " ( Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God. ) On the right half of the wall of the choir, the pulpit attached.

Church of Fortun, 2010