Sørbø Church

Sørbø Church
Sørbø kirke

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Sørbø Church
Location in Rogaland county
Sørbø Church
Location in Rogaland county
59°07′41″N 5°38′37″E / 59.1280°N 5.6436°E / 59.1280; 5.6436Coordinates: 59°07′41″N 5°38′37″E / 59.1280°N 5.6436°E / 59.1280; 5.6436
Location Rennesøy, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed c. 1130
Specifications
Capacity 100
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Rennesøy
Deanery Tungenes prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Sørbø Church (Norwegian: Sørbø kirke) is a parish church in Rennesøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørbø on the island of Rennesøy. The church is part of the Rennesøy parish in the Tungenes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The stone church was built as a royal chapel in the early 1100s. It seats about 100 people. The church had a steeple for hundreds of years, but it was removed in 1883.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sørbø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-12-29.



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