Solvorn Church
| Solvorn Church | |
|---|---|
| Solvorn kyrkje | |
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View of the church | |
  Solvorn Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county | |
| 61°18′02″N 7°14′15″E / 61.3005°N 7.2375°ECoordinates: 61°18′02″N 7°14′15″E / 61.3005°N 7.2375°E | |
| Location |
Luster Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Consecrated | June 1883 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Waldemar Hansteen |
| Completed | 1883 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Solvorn |
| Deanery | Indre Sogn prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Solvorn Church (Norwegian: Solvorn kyrkje) is a parish church in Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Solvorn. The church is part of the Solvorn parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 300 seats, was built and consecrated in 1883. The architect Waldemar Hansteen made the designs for the building. The present church replaced the timbered church which was built around the year 1600, which had replaced a stave church that was built in the 1300s (or earlier).[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Solvorn kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
- ↑ "Solvorn kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
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