Vangsnes Church

Vangsnes Church
Vangsnes kyrkje
Vangsnes Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°10′11″N 6°38′29″E / 61.1698°N 6.6415°E / 61.1698; 6.6415Coordinates: 61°10′11″N 6°38′29″E / 61.1698°N 6.6415°E / 61.1698; 6.6415
Location Vik Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 24 October 1861
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Harald Ulrich Sverdrup
Completed 1861
Specifications
Capacity 150
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vangsnes
Deanery Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Vangsnes Church (Norwegian: Vangsnes kyrkje) is a parish church in Vik Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vangsnes. The church is part of the Vangsnes parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 261 seats, was consecrated on 24 October 1861 by the Dean Thomas Erichsen. The local Vicar Harald Ulrik Sverdrup made the architectural designs for the building. This church was built in 1861 to replace an 800-year-old stave church.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Vangsnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  3. ↑ "Vangsnes kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-01-27.



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