Fjæra Chapel
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Fjæra Chapel | |
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Fjæra kapell | |
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59°52′32″N 6°23′17″E / 59.8755°N 6.3881°E | |
Location | Etne, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1913 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1913 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 150 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
Parish | Skånevik |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 84151 |
Fjæra Chapel (Norwegian: Fjæra kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Etne Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fjæra at the innermost end of the Åkrafjorden. It is one of the churches for the Skånevik parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1913 using designs by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The church seats about 150 people.[1][2] The church was restored and renovated in 1968 and again in 1973.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Fjæra kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 31 May 2020.