Fjellgardane Church

Fjellgardane Church
Fjellgardane kirke

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Fjellgardane Church
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Fjellgardane Church
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59°33′41″N 7°21′15″E / 59.5615°N 07.3542°E / 59.5615; 07.3542Coordinates: 59°33′41″N 7°21′15″E / 59.5615°N 07.3542°E / 59.5615; 07.3542
Location Bykle, Aust-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 22 Sept 1957
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Torjus Bjåen
Completed 1957
Specifications
Capacity 110
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bykle
Deanery Otredal prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Fjellgardane Church (Norwegian: Fjellgardane kirke) is a parish church in Bykle municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hovden. The church is part of the Bykle parish in the Otredal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The brown, wooden church was built in 1957. The church seats about 110 people. Originally, the church was called Hovden Chapel when it was consecrated on 22 September 1957 by the Bishop Johannes Smidt. In 2002, the church was renovated by the architect Torjus Bjåen and it was enlarged to become Fjellgardane Church.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fjellgardane kyrkje, Hovden". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Fjellgardane kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Bykle kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 2017-03-17.


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