Alversund Church

Alversund Church
Alversund kyrkje

View of the church
Alversund Church
Location in Hordaland county
Alversund Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°34′20″N 5°14′00″E / 60.5721°N 5.2333°E / 60.5721; 5.2333Coordinates: 60°34′20″N 5°14′00″E / 60.5721°N 5.2333°E / 60.5721; 5.2333
Location Lindås, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 27 May 1879
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jon Jonsen Alvær
Completed 1879
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Alversund
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Alversund Church (Norwegian: Alversund kyrkje) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alversund. The church is part of the Alversund parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1879 by the architect Jon Jonsen Alvær. The church was consecrated on 27 May 1879 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. It seats about 200 people. There has been a church at this site since the Middle Ages.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Alversund kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-03-27.



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