Vangsnes Church

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Vangsnes Church
Vangsnes kyrkje
Vangsnes Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°10′11″N 6°38′29″E / 61.1698°N 6.6415°E / 61.1698; 6.6415Coordinates: 61°10′11″N 6°38′29″E / 61.1698°N 6.6415°E / 61.1698; 6.6415
Location	Vik Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	24 October 1861
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Harald Ulrich Sverdrup
Completed	1861
Specifications
Capacity	150
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Vangsnes
Deanery	Ytre Sogn prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Vangsnes Church (Norwegian: Vangsnes kyrkje) is a parish church in Vik Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vangsnes. The church is part of the Vangsnes parish in the Ytre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 261 seats, was consecrated on 24 October 1861 by the Dean Thomas Erichsen. The local Vicar Harald Ulrik Sverdrup made the architectural designs for the building. This church was built in 1861 to replace an 800-year-old stave church.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Vangsnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
↑ "Vangsnes kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

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

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

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