Batalden Chapel
Batalden bedehuskapell
61°37′22″N 4°49′10″E / 61.62267844028°N 4.81936097145°E / 61.62267844028; 4.81936097145
Location	Kinn Municipality, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Chapel
Founded	1907
Consecrated	26 Feb 1911
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1907 (117 years ago) (1907)
Specifications
Capacity	100
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery	Sunnfjord prosti
Parish	Kinn

Batalden Chapel (Norwegian: Batalden bedehuskapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Fanøya in the Batalden islands. It is an annex chapel in the Kinn parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1907 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 100 people.^[1]

History

The building was constructed in 1907 as a prayer house and community centre (bedehus) on the island of Fanøya. The rich herring fisheries in the area meant that a large number of fishermen from all parts of the coast congregated for long periods of time during the winter months. The name of the prayer house was Batalden which comes from the name of the big island a little to the north of Fanøya which gives name to the archipelago. The new prayer house was consecrated on 23 October 1907. Soon after, the residents wanted to use it as a more formal annex chapel within the parish, so on 26 February 1911 it was consecrated for church use. The chapel was renovated in 1930. A new pulpit and baptismal font were installed in the building at that time. In 1951, a bell tower was constructed. In 1954, the church received electricity.^[2][3]