Geiranger Church stands in the village of Geiranger, at the end of Geirangerfjorden in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It is a Church of Norway Lutheran church and an octagonal white wooden building with a tower over the center of the roof. It holds about 124 people. Hans Klipe drew the plans for the 1842 building.
The earliest records date from 1589. The first church was a wooden stave church, possibly built as a chapel in the fifteenth century. A new wooden cruciform church was finished in 1744. It burned down on July 2, 1841 after arson by a parishioner. The new church was completed on July 16, 1842 and consecrated on August 28, 1842.
The altarpiece was carved by Flydal and painted by Harald Brun in 1902, showing Christ as comforter. The organ dates from 1964.
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