Valen Church

Valen Church
Valen kyrkje
Valen Church
Location in Hordaland county
Valen Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°49′58″N 5°46′26″E / 59.83273°N 5.77401°E / 59.83273; 5.77401Coordinates: 59°49′58″N 5°46′26″E / 59.83273°N 5.77401°E / 59.83273; 5.77401
Location Kvinnherad, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Aksel Fronth
Completed 1978
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Husnes og Holmedal
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Valen Church (Norwegian: Valen kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valen. The church is part of the Husnes og Holmedal parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The modern, brown, wooden church was built in 1978 by the architect Aksel Fronth. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. "Valen kyrkje, Kvinnherad". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-26.



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