Folkestad Chapel
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LocationFjaler Municipality,
Vestland
Vestland
CountryNorway
| Folkestad Chapel | |
|---|---|
| Folkestad bedehuskapell | |
 View of the chapel | |
 Folkestad Chapel | |
| 61°16′13″N 5°01′43″E / 61.2703°N 5.0286°E | |
| Location | Fjaler Municipality, Vestland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Chapel |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Consecrated | 4 September 1940 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect | Gerhard Folkestad |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1913 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 200 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
| Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
| Parish | Fjaler |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Not protected |
| ID | 84176 |
Folkestad Chapel (Norwegian: Folkestad bedehuskapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Fjaler Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Våge in extreme western Fjaler. It is an annex chapel in the Fjaler parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church design in 1913 by master builder Gerhard Folkestad. It was originally built as a prayer house (bedehus).[1]
