Sørbø Church
| Sørbø Church | |
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| Sørbø kirke | |
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  Sørbø Church Location in Rogaland county  Sørbø Church Sørbø Church (Norway) | |
| 59°07′41″N 5°38′37″E / 59.1280°N 5.6436°E | |
| Location | Rennesøy, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | c. 1130 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Stavanger |
| Deanery | Tungenes prosti |
| Parish | Rennesøy |
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]
See also
References
- ^ "Sørbø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
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