Pilegrimsleden

Veøya is centrally located in Romsdalsfjorden with good natural harbors and with a rich history. Veøya means "the holy island" and here there are traces of pre-christian faith, as well as some of the earlier christian graves in country from the 10th century, and a medieval church from the 12th century. There is also a vicarage from 1750 on the island.

Email

jan.erik.syvertsen@molde.kirken.no

Phone

+47 413 53 749

Veøya was one of the few settlements in Norway during the Middle Ages, and there are many mentions of the market town and the many churches on the island in the norse sagas and in early medieval documents.

Peter's Church at Veøya was the main church for Raumsdølafylke in the Middle Ages, and Wes in use until 1907. The vicarage was also vacated around that time.

In 1970, the northern part of the island was the first Norwegian landscape to be protected by law, with the intention to preserve the unique natural and cultural landscape around the old church and vicarage. In 1990 Romsdal Museum took over the vicarage. The Church and vicarage buildings, and the cultural landscape is managed in collaboration by Romsdal Museum, Molde Municipality, the county of Møre og Romsdal.

https://www.romsdalsmuseet.no/no/besok-oss/veoya

Contact information

For questions about Veøya, please contact Jan Erik Syvertsen: +47 413 53 749