Stødle Church
| Stødle Church | |
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| Stødle kyrkje | |
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View of the church | |
  Stødle Church Location in Hordaland county | |
| 59°40′23″N 5°57′57″E / 59.6731°N 5.9658°ECoordinates: 59°40′23″N 5°57′57″E / 59.6731°N 5.9658°E | |
| Location | Etne, Hordaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | c. 1160 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 245 |
| Materials | Stone and wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Etne |
| Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Stødle Church (Norwegian: Stødle kyrkje) is a parish church in Etne municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the village of Etnesjøen. The church is part of the Etne parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone and wood church was built around the year 1160. The church has been renovated and expanded several times over the centuries, and it currently seats about 245 people.[1][2][3]
This was the home church of Erling Skakke, a Norwegian Jarl, who lived in Stødle during the 12th century.
See also
References
- ↑ "Stødle kyrkje, Etne". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
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