Norheimsund Church

Norheimsund Church
Norheimsund kyrkje

View of the church
Norheimsund Church
Location in Hordaland county
Norheimsund Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°22′06″N 6°08′37″E / 60.3683°N 6.1436°E / 60.3683; 6.1436Coordinates: 60°22′06″N 6°08′37″E / 60.3683°N 6.1436°E / 60.3683; 6.1436
Location Kvam, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Peder A. Ristesund
Completed 1992
Specifications
Capacity 700
Materials Stone/Brick
Administration
Parish Vikøy
Deanery Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Norheimsund Church (Norwegian: Norheimsund kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheimsund. The church is part of the Vikøy parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brick church was built from 1989 to 1992 and it was designed by the architect Peder A. Ristesund from Bergen. The church was consecrated on 4 June 1989 by the Bishop Per Lønning. This is the first church in Norheimsund. Before it was built, residents had to travel several kilometers to the nearby Vikøy Church in Vikøy. The church seats about 700 people.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Norheimsund kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2014-07-03.



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