Reksteren Church

Reksteren Church
Reksteren kyrkje
Reksteren Church

Location in Hordaland county

60°02′25″N 5°26′03″E / 60.0403°N 5.4343°ECoordinates: 60°02′25″N 5°26′03″E / 60.0403°N 5.4343°E
Location Tysnes, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Torgeir Alvsaker
Completed 1937
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Reksteren og Uggdal
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Reksteren Church (Norwegian: Reksteren kirke) is a parish church in Tysnes municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Bruntveit on the island of Reksteren. The church is part of the "Reksteren og Uggdal" parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The gold-colored, wooden church was built in 1937 by the architect Torgeir Alvsaker. The church seats about 250 people. It was consecrated on 28 January 1937 by the Bishop Andreas Fleischer.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. "Reksteren kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-01-20.