Tveit Church (Hordaland)

Tveit Church
Tveit kirke

View of the church
Tveit Church
Location in Hordaland county
Tveit Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°27′15″N 5°07′53″E / 60.4543°N 5.1315°E / 60.4543; 5.1315Coordinates: 60°27′15″N 5°07′53″E / 60.4543°N 5.1315°E / 60.4543; 5.1315
Location Askøy, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Torgeir Alvsaker and
Einar Vaardal-Lunde
Completed 1957
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Tveit
Deanery Vesthordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Tveit Church (Norwegian: Tveit kirke) is a parish church in Askøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tveitevåg on the western side of the island of Askøy. The church is part of the Tveit parish in the Vesthordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1957 by the architects Torgeir Alvsaker and Einar Vaardal-Lunde. The church seats about 300 people. It was consecrated on 5 May 1957.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tveit kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-11-18.



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