Strandvik Church

Strandvik Church
Strandvik kyrkje
Strandvik Church
Location in Hordaland county
Strandvik Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°09′34″N 5°40′01″E / 60.1595°N 5.6669°E / 60.1595; 5.6669Coordinates: 60°09′34″N 5°40′01″E / 60.1595°N 5.6669°E / 60.1595; 5.6669
Location Fusa, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Frederik Stockfleth
Completed 1857
Specifications
Capacity 450
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Fusa
Deanery Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Strandvik Church (Norwegian: Strandvik kyrkje) is a parish church in Fusa municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Strandvik. The church is part of the Fusa parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1857 by the architect Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 450 people.[1][2]

History

There has been a church at Strandvik since the Middle Ages. It is first mentioned in historical records as early as 1263. The church was most likely a stave church. The church was torn down in 1628 to make room for a new church. In 1857, a new, much larger church was built to replace the previous church.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Strandvik kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Strandvik kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2014-07-25.



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