Ølve Church

Ølve Church
Ølve kyrkje
Ølve Church
Location in Hordaland county
Ølve Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°59′33″N 5°47′04″E / 59.9926°N 5.7845°E / 59.9926; 5.7845Coordinates: 59°59′33″N 5°47′04″E / 59.9926°N 5.7845°E / 59.9926; 5.7845
Location Kvinnherad, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Linstow
Completed 1861
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Ølve
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Ølve Church (Norwegian: Ølve kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ølve. The church is part of the Ølve parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1861 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church was consecrate on 13 October 1861. The church seats about 350 people. The church was built on the site of a medieval stave church.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. "Ølve kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-27.



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