Tveit Church (Hordaland)
| Tveit Church | |
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| Tveit kirke | |
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View of the church | |
  Tveit Church Location in Hordaland county | |
| 60°27′15″N 5°07′53″E / 60.4543°N 5.1315°ECoordinates: 60°27′15″N 5°07′53″E / 60.4543°N 5.1315°E | |
| 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]
See also
References
- ↑ "Tveit kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-11-18.
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