Old Stordal Church is a former parish church in Stordal Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stordal. The church is part of the Stordal parish in the Austre Sunnmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre. It is no longer used regularly as a church, and it is now owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1789 to replace an earlier stave church on the site. The building was designed by local priest Ebbe Carsten Tønder who died four years before construction was completed, so it must have been planned at the time of Norddal Church . Tønder came from Trondheim and may have been inspired by the two older octagonal churches there. This church was built by the people of the Stordal parish and it was regularly used until 1908 when the new Stordal Church was completed, about 1 kilometre to the west. The church seats about 170 people. The church is also known as the Norwegian: Rosekyrkja or Rose Church because the interior walls and ceilings are painted with rosemaling, a decorative style of painting that is common in Norway. It is one of the most decorated churches in Norway. Wood materials from the stave church was probably reused, such as in the roof of the vestibule and the four large columns. There is a crucifix and a baptismal font from the older church. The stave church was likely rose painted inside too.The church is listed in Aslak Bolt's cadastre and later records. Hans Strøm in 1766 described the old stave church: It is a small and modest stave church, that is not particular in any way. The building is maintained by the congregation that also owns it.
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