Lyse Chapel

Lyse Chapel
Lyse kapell

View of the church
Lyse Chapel
Location in Rogaland county
Lyse Chapel
Location in Rogaland county
59°03′31″N 6°39′48″E / 59.0586°N 6.6634°E / 59.0586; 6.6634Coordinates: 59°03′31″N 6°39′48″E / 59.0586°N 6.6634°E / 59.0586; 6.6634
Location Forsand, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 28 May 1961
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Gustav Helland and Endre Årreberg
Completed 1961
Specifications
Capacity 150
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Forsand
Deanery Ryfylke prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Lyse Chapel (Norwegian: Lyse kapell) is a small parish church in Forsand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the tiny village of Lysebotn, at the end of the Lysefjorden. The church is part of the Forsand parish in the Ryfylke deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The brown, wooden church was built in 1961 by the architects Gustav Helland and Endre Årreberg. The church, which seats about 150 people, was consecrated on 28 May 1961 by the Bishop Fridtjov Birkeli.[1][2]

The church is not used often, since there are only about a dozen residents in the isolated village of Lysebotn. In 2009, the municipality tried to close and sell the chapel, but they changed their mind due to the opposition of the residents.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lyse kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  3. ↑ Presthus, Øivind (2010-03-30). "Blir ikke solgt som fritidsbolig". NRK Rogaland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-22.



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