Valestrand Church

Valestrand Church
Valestrand kyrkje

View of the church
Valestrand Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°40′30″N 5°28′00″E / 59.6749°N 5.4667°E / 59.6749; 5.4667Coordinates: 59°40′30″N 5°28′00″E / 59.6749°N 5.4667°E / 59.6749; 5.4667
Location Sveio, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 17 Oct 1873
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ole Vangberg
Completed 1873
Specifications
Capacity 480
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Valestrand og Førde
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Valestrand Church (Norwegian: Valestrand kyrkje) is a parish church in Sveio municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valestrand, just south of the village of Valevåg. The church is part of the Valestrand og Førde parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1873 by the architect Ole Vangberg. The church, which seats about 400 people, was consecrated on 15 October 1873 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The church here was originally built to replace the small nearby Valen Church, which was renovated and turned into a school.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Valestrand kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-09.


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