Alversund Church
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Alversund Church | |
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Alversund kyrkje | |
60°34′20″N 5°14′00″E / 60.5721°N 5.2333°E | |
Location | Lindås, Hordaland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Consecrated | 27 May 1879 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Jon Jonsen Alvær |
Completed | 1879 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 200 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Deanery | Nordhordland prosti |
Parish | Alversund |
Alversund Church (Template:Lang-no) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alversund. The church is part of the Alversund parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1879 by the architect Jon Jonsen Alvær. The church was consecrated on 27 May 1879 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. It seats about 200 people. There has been a church at this site since the Middle Ages.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ "Alversund kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-03-27.