Tysnes Church
| Tysnes Church | |
|---|---|
| Tysnes kirke | |
  Tysnes Church Location in Hordaland county  Tysnes Church Location in Hordaland county | |
| 60°02′26″N 5°31′51″E / 60.0405°N 5.5308°ECoordinates: 60°02′26″N 5°31′51″E / 60.0405°N 5.5308°E | |
| Location | Tysnes, Hordaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Georg Andreas Bull |
| Completed | 1867 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 468 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Tysnes |
| Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Tysnes Church (Norwegian: Tysnes kyrkje) is a parish church in Tysnes municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Våge on the northern shore of the island of Tysnesøya. The church is part of the Tysnes parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1867 by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church, which seats about 400 people, was consecrated on 4 September 1867.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Tysnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
- ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
Church of Norway churches in the Sunnhordland deanery, Hordaland county, Norway | |||
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