Gjerstad Church (Osterøy)

Gjerstad Church
Gjerstad kyrkje
View of the church
Gjerstad Church Location in Hordaland county
60°30′00″N 5°32′51″E / 60.5000°N 5.5474°ECoordinates: 60°30′00″N 5°32′51″E / 60.5000°N 5.5474°E
Location	Osterøy, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Ole Vangberg
Completed	1871
Specifications
Capacity	420
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Osterøy
Deanery	Arna og Åsane prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Gjerstad Church (Norwegian: Gjerstad kyrkje) is a parish church in Osterøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjerstad. The church is part of the Osterøy parish in the Arna og Åsane deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1870 by the builder Ole Vangberg.^[1][2]

The church is the third church to stand on this site. The first church existed during the Middle Ages and it was a stave church. It was probably built about the year 1210. There are some items from this church that are preserved at the Bergen Museum such as a soapstone baptismal font. That church was in poor condition by the 1600s (decade) and so it was taken down and a timber church was built in 1622. That was followed by the present church in 1870.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Hordaland

References

1. "Gjerstad kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
3. "Gjerstad kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Osterøy kyrkjeleg fellesråd.