Sæbø Church

Sæbø Church
Sæbø kyrkje

View of the church
Sæbø Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°36′45″N 5°09′10″E / 60.6124°N 5.1529°E / 60.6124; 5.1529Coordinates: 60°36′45″N 5°09′10″E / 60.6124°N 5.1529°E / 60.6124; 5.1529
Location Radøy, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded Bef. 1329
Consecrated 20 May 1884
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Karl Askeland
Completed 1884
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Radøy
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Sæbø Church (Norwegian: Sæbø kyrkje) is a parish church in Radøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sæbø. The church is part of the Radøy parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built by Karl Askeland in 1884. The church, which seats about 400 people, was consecrated on 20 May 1884. There has been a church in Sæbø for centuries. The first time the church is found in historical records in 1329 and that one was a stave church. This is probably the third church on the site.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sæbø kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-04-14.



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