Bygland Church

Bygland Church
Bygland kyrkje

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Bygland Church
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Bygland Church
Location in of the church
58°49′50″N 7°47′45″E / 58.8305°N 07.7958°E / 58.8305; 07.7958Coordinates: 58°49′50″N 7°47′45″E / 58.8305°N 07.7958°E / 58.8305; 07.7958
Location Bygland, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Anders Thorsen Syrtveit
Style Cruciform
Completed 1838
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bygland
Deanery Otredal prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Bygland Church (Norwegian: Bygland kyrkje) is a parish church in Bygland municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bygland on the eastern shore of the Byglandsfjorden, just alongside the Norwegian National Road 9. The church is part of the Bygland parish in the Otredal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1838 by the builder Anders Thorsen Syrtveit who used plans by the famous architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 250 people. The church was consecrated on 18 November 1838 by the local Dean Ole Berg from Evje Church.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bygland kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2017-04-17.


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