Fusa Church

Fusa Church
Fusa kyrkje

View of the church
Fusa Church

Location in Hordaland county

60°12′13″N 5°37′27″E / 60.2036°N 5.6241°ECoordinates: 60°12′13″N 5°37′27″E / 60.2036°N 5.6241°E
Location Fusa, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded Before 1325
Consecrated 2 Sep 1962
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ole Halvorsen
Completed 1962
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Fusa
Deanery Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Fusa Church (Norwegian: Fusa kyrkje) is the main parish church in Fusa municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fusa. The church is part of the Fusa parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in 1962 by the architect Ole Halvorsen. The church seats about 350 people. It is the fourth church building to be built on this site.[1][2]

History

The first church on this site was built in the Middle Ages, sometime before 1325, and it probably was a stave church. The church was torn down and replaced in the year 1600. A new, larger church was built in 1861. On Sunday, 11 January 1959, shortly after the worship service, the church caught fire and burned to the ground. The church was immediately rebuilt and it was consecrated on 2 September 1962.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fusa kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Fusa kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2014-07-25.