Solund Church

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Solund Church
Solund kyrkje
Solund Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°04′33″N 4°50′25″E / 61.0757°N 4.8404°E / 61.0757; 4.8404Coordinates: 61°04′33″N 4°50′25″E / 61.0757°N 4.8404°E / 61.0757; 4.8404
Location	Solund Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	22 November 1860
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed	1860
Specifications
Capacity	200
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Solund
Deanery	Ytre Sogn prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Solund Church (Norwegian: Solund kyrkje) is the main parish church in Solund Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hardbakke on the western coast of the island of Sula. The church is part of the Solund parish in the Ytre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has about 200 seats, was consecrated on 22 November 1860 by the Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin. The architect Christian Henrik Grosch made the designs for the building.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Solund kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
↑ "Solund Church". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-12-18.

v t e Church of Norway churches in the Ytre Sogn deanery, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway

	Balestrand municipality: Kvamsøy Sæle Tjugum Gulen municipality: Brekke Gulen Mjømna Hyllestad municipality: Bø Hyllestad Øn Solund municipality: Hersvik Husøy Solund

	Høyanger municipality: Bjordal Høyanger Kyrkjebø Lavik Ortnevik Vadheim Vik municipality: Arnafjord Feios Fresvik Hopperstad Hove Vangsnes Vik

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