Valestrand Church
| Valestrand Church | |
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| Valestrand kyrkje | |
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View of the church | |
  Valestrand Church Location in Hordaland county | |
| 59°40′30″N 5°28′00″E / 59.6749°N 5.4667°ECoordinates: 59°40′30″N 5°28′00″E / 59.6749°N 5.4667°E | |
| Location | Sveio, Hordaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Consecrated | 17 Oct 1873 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Ole Vangberg |
| Completed | 1873 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 480 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Valestrand og Førde |
| Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Valestrand Church (Norwegian: Valestrand kyrkje) is a parish church in Sveio municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valestrand, just south of the village of Valevåg. The church is part of the Valestrand og Førde parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1873 by the architect Ole Vangberg. The church, which seats about 400 people, was consecrated on 15 October 1873 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The church here was originally built to replace the small nearby Valen Church, which was renovated and turned into a school.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Valestrand kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
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