Evanger Church

Evanger Church
Evanger kyrkje
View of the church
Evanger Church Location in Hordaland county
60°38′50″N 6°06′53″E / 60.6473°N 6.1147°ECoordinates: 60°38′50″N 6°06′53″E / 60.6473°N 6.1147°E
Location	Voss, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	1851
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Evanger
Deanery	Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Evanger Church (Norwegian: Evanger kyrkje) is a parish church in Voss municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Evanger. The church is part of the Evanger parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1851 and it seats about 250 people.^[1][2]

History

There has been a church at Evanger since the middle ages. It was first recorded in historical records in 1315. The church was most likely a stave church and it was torn down in the 1600s. A new timber-framed church was built to replace the old church. Johan Christian Dahl included Evanger Church in one of his paintings in 1831. The church was taken down and replaced in 1851 with the present church, which was built using designs drawn by Hans Linstow.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Hordaland

References

1. "Evanger kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
3. "Evanger Kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2014-05-19.