Lindås Church

Lindås Church
Lindås kyrkje

View of the church
Lindås Church
Location in Hordaland county
Lindås Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°44′13″N 5°09′33″E / 60.7369°N 5.1591°E / 60.7369; 5.1591Coordinates: 60°44′13″N 5°09′33″E / 60.7369°N 5.1591°E / 60.7369; 5.1591
Location Lindås, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 20 September 1865
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ole Syslak
Style Neo-Gothic
Completed 1865
Specifications
Capacity 370
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Lindås
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Lindås Church (Norwegian: Lindås kyrkje) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lindås. The church is part of the Lindås parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden, neo-gothic style church was built in 1865 by the architect Ole Syslak. The church, which seats about 370 people, was consecrated on 20 September 1865. There has been a church here at Lindås since the middle ages. The previous church was built of stone, and it stood next to the present church. It was torn down after the present church was built.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lindås kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-03-28.



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