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Austefjord Church

Austefjord Church (Norwegian: Austefjord kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Volda Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fyrde, at the eastern end of the Austefjorden. It is the church for the Austefjord parish which is part of the Søre Sunnmøre prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1879 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 150 people. History The church was originally built in 1773 (some sources say 1766) in the village of Nes in Bjugn Municipality (now part of Ørland Municipality), where it was known as Nes Church. The Bjugn parish sold the church to the parish of Volda in April 1879 for 2800 kr. The church was then disassembled and moved from Nes to the village of Fyrde. It was reassembled there and renamed Austefjord Chapel (it was later renamed as a church). The builder was Gjert Lien from Nordfjord. The new church was completed and put into use in November 1879. The building was consecrated on 1 July 1880 by the local parish priest Lars Gledistch. Originally, the church was painted red, but later this was changed to white. Media gallery See also List of churches in Møre References
Austevoll Church

Austevoll Church (Norwegian: Austevoll kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Storebø. It is one of the five churches for the Austevoll parish which is part of the Fana prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1890 using plans drawn up by the architect Hans Heinrich Jess (1847-1916). The church seats about 400 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1306, the church was not new that year. The first church in Austevoll was a wooden stave church built on the small island of Sandtorv, probably during the late 1200s. According to the Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar, King Håkon is said to have rowed out to the island of Sandtorv and held a mass there in 1240. It is possible the church was built shortly after that time. Archaeological findings show that the nave of the church was probably about 10 by 6 metres (33 ft × 20 ft). In the 1650s, the Sandtorv church was old and so it was decided to tear down the church and move the church site to Austevollshella on the nearby island of Hundvåko. In 1653–1655, the old church was torn down and the new church was constructed on the new site. There is some evidence that some of the materials from the old stave church were reused in the construction of the new church. According to a local legend, the new church was originally going to be built on the old site, but a storm carried the material over to the site on Austevollshella. Taken as a sign from God, the new church was built there. This was a timber-framed long church building with a rectangular nave that measured about 12.7 by 8.9 metres (42 ft × 29 ft) and a narrower, rectangular chancel that measured about 7.6 by 6.3 metres (25 ft × 21 ft). The church at Austevollshella was in use for over 200 years, giving name to the parish of Austevoll, which in turn gave name to the municipality in 1886. The church building was owned by the King until 1724 when it was sold to Bent Uldrich for 70 rigsdaler. The church was purchased by the people of the parish around the year 1860. In 1891, the church was torn down and the present church was rebuilt on the nearby island of Huftarøy in the village of Storebø. Hans Heinrich Jess was hired to design the new, larger church. Construction work began around midsummer 1890 and was completed by Christmas the same year. The builder was B. Skaare. This new church was consecrated on 22 January 1891 by the Bishop Waldemar Hvoslef. In 1987, the baptismal waiting room and the sacristy on each side of the choir were expanded. The present Hundvåkøy Church now sits on the site at Austevollshella where the old Austevoll Church was located from the 1650s until 1891. Some items from the medieval Sandtorv church, including the shrine, are still in existence to this day and they are currently in custody of the Bergen Museum. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Austre Moland Church

Austre Moland Church (Norwegian: Austre Moland kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Arendal Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Brekka, along the lake Molandsvann. It is one of the churches for the Moland parish which is part of the Arendal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1673 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Ormsen. The church seats about 496 people. The church was called Østre Moland kirke until 1919 when it was renamed Austre Moland kirke after some Norwegian spelling reforms. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1450, but the church was likely founded in the 13th century. The first church here was a stave church. The church had its own priest until around the year 1400 when it became a chapel of ease for the Holt Church parish. In 1633, the old stave church was torn down and replaced with a new church building on the same site. In 1673, the church was torn down again and replaced with a new long church design. In 1750, a new tower was built on the church under the direction of Ole Nilsen Weierholt. The church bells date from 1750 and 1754, so they were added after the new tower was completed. In 1779, the church underwent a large renovation and expansion. A new choir was built on the east end of the old building and two new wings were built on either side of the church (to the north and south) to create a new cruciform design. The builder Beint Gundersen Skjævestad led this renovation. In 1797, the interior of the church was painted for the first time. The painting and other decoration of the church was carried out by Anders Grundesøn Løwe from Risør at a cost of 300 riksdaler, and his fellow artist Nils Christensen created all of the portraits of the angels and apostles. The building underwent a major restoration in 1961. Media gallery See also List of churches in Agder og Telemark References Further reading Nenseter, Bjarne (1992). "På kirkevandring i Aust-Agder". Austre Moland kirke. Arendal: Kilden forlag. pp. 14–15. ISBN 8276270034. Nilsen, Sigrid E (1997). Austre Moland kirke (in Norwegian). Austre Moland menighetsråd. Rasmussen, Alf Henry (1993). Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon. Kirkenær: Vanebo forlag. p. 474. ISBN 8275270227.: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) Weierholt, Olav (1973). Kirken i Austre Moland: festskrift til 300-års jubileet i 1973 (in Norwegian). Arendal.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) External links Kulturminnesøk: Austre Moland kirkested. Kirkesøk: Austre Moland kirke.
Austrheim Church

Austrheim Church (Norwegian: Austrheim kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Austrheim Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Austrheim on the island of Fosnøyna. It is the church for the Austrheim parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1865 using plans drawn up by the architect Askild Åse. The church seats about 355 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but it was not built that year. The first church was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. That old church was replaced by a log church during the early 1600s. On 16 November 1710, the church tower was badly damaged by lightning and major repairs were carried out afterwards to repair the tower and its supporting structures. In 1865, a new church was built about 30 metres (98 ft) to the northeast of the old church site. It was consecrated on 2 April 1865 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. After the new church completed, the old church was demolished. Media gallery See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Bagn Church

Bagn Church (Norwegian: Bagn kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bagn. It is the church for the Bagn parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1736 using plans drawn up by the architect Svend Tråseth. The church seats about 350 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1327, but the church was not built that year. The first church was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. This church was located about 380 metres (1,250 ft) to the northeast of the present church site at Ule (so that church was sometimes known as the Ule Stave Church). Very little is known about the old church. Sometime before 1683, the old church was closed. The old church stood for a long time afterwards, falling into disrepair. For a while, there was no church in Bagn and parishioners had to travel to the Reinli Stave Church. After about 50 years or so of no church in Bagn, the old Reinli Stave Church was also in poor condition, so the parish made plans to tear down that church as well and to build a new church in Bagn to serve both Bagn and Reinli. Permission was granted for this plan, but there was significant local opposition and protests, so the plan was cancelled. The parish then decided to build a new Bagn church and keep the old Reinli church too. Svend Tråseth was hired to design and build the new Bagn Church on a site about 380 metres (1,250 ft) southwest of the medieval church site. It was a cruciform design with a choir in the eastern wing. Local tradition states that some of the materials from the old stave church were salvaged from the old, unused, decaying building and used in the construction of the new church. Bagn Church was built in 1735-1736 and it was consecrated on 1 November 1736. In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke). Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet at Eidsvoll Manor later that year. The church has undergone several extensive renovations and repairs. In 1833, extensive work was done on choir. In 1840, a sacristy extension was built to the east of the choir. In 1897, the structure was extensively rebuilt which included adding interior and exterior siding to cover the log building structure. New, larger windows were added and much of the interior was renewed and painted in new colors. Media gallery See also List of churches in Hamar References
Bagns kyrka

Bagns kyrka (norska: Bagn kirke) är en kyrkobyggnad i tätorten Bagn i Sør-Aurdals kommun i Innlandet fylke i Norge. Kyrkobyggnaden I orten fanns en tidigare kyrka som låg en bit ifrån nuvarande kyrkplats. Den kan ha varit Ule stavkyrka som troligen revs vid slutet av 1600-talet. Nuvarande träkyrka är uppförd 1736 efter ritningar av arkitekt Svend Tråseth. Kyrkan har en korsformad planform och i korsmitten finns en takryttare med tornspira. Koret finns i östra korsarmen och huvudingången i den västra. Flera omfattande renoveringar och reparationer har genomförts. En sakristia i öster tillkom 1840. Åren 1923-1924 installerades elektrisk belysning och 1955 elektrisk uppvärmning. Inventarier Predikstol, dopfunt och altartavla är tillverkade 1735 av Johannes Ellingsen Segalstad och Peder Aadnes. Dopfunten är åttakantig och skuren i trä. Orgeln är tillverkad 1970 av Norsk Orgel- og Harmoniumfabrikk. Referenser Bagn kirke i Norske kirkebygg Bagn kirke i Norges Kirker Bagn kirke på kulturminnesok.no Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Bagn kyrka.﻿
Bakka Church

Bakka Church (Norwegian: Bakka kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Aurland Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bakka, on the shores of the sparsely populated Nærøyfjorden. It is the church for the Nærøy parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1859 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Henrik Grosch. The church seats about 200 people. The church is a small, simple building with a 13.5-by-7-metre (44 ft × 23 ft) nave and a 4.4-by-7-metre (14 ft × 23 ft) choir. A 1.7-by-3.4-metre (5 ft 7 in × 11 ft 2 in) chancel contains the altarpiece. Due to its rural, isolated location, the Nærøy parish is one of the smallest parishes in the Diocese of Bjørgvin with only 104 members in 1999. In a normal year, there are about one or two baptisms and about the same number of confirmands. History The people living along the Nærøyfjord and in the surrounding valley had desired a local church for a long time, to avoid the long journey to the Undredal Stave Church. In the 1820s and 1830s, there was talk of relocating the old stave church to be closer to the population of the parish, but nothing was done. In 1851, the new church law required larger churches for many parishes. At that time new plans were made to divide the parish and build a new church along the Nærøyfjorden in the village of Bakka. The new church was designed by Christian Henrik Grosch and the lead builders were Ole O. Løen and Rasmus Nøstdal from Eid. The new church was consecrated on 11 May 1859. Media gallery See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Bakkebø Church

Bakkebø Church (Norwegian: Bakkebø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Eigersund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the town of Egersund. It is one of the two churches for the Egersund parish which is part of the Dalane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, concrete church was built in a rectangular style in 1960 using designs by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Olav S. Platou. The church seats about 400 people. It was consecrated on 29 May 1960. In the first years, the church had two electronic organs, and in 1974 a pipe organ was built by Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden. See also List of churches in Rogaland References
Begnadalen Church

Begnadalen Church (Norwegian: Begnadalen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Begnadalen. It is the church for the Begnadalen parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1964 using plans drawn up by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The church seats about 240 people. History The first church in Begnadalen was constructed in 1859 using designs by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church was a wooden octagonal building. This church burned down in 1957 after receiving electric heating the year before. After the fire, planning soon began for building a new church. The new church would be built about 30 metres (98 ft) west of the old church site. The new church was designed by Arnstein Arneberg and Per Solemslie. The lead builder was Ola Svendsen from Begnadalen. The building is a wooden long church with a rectangular nave and a smaller chancel on the east end. The nave and chancel have a stave church-inspired raised middle section. On the south side of the choir there is a wing with a sacristy, meeting rooms and side rooms. The new church was consecrated on 13 September 1964. Media gallery See also List of churches in Hamar References
Bekkefaret Church

Bekkefaret Church (Norwegian: Bekkefaret kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Bekkefaret neighborhood in the borough of Hillevåg in the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Bekkefaret parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red brick church was built in a semi-circular design in 1977 using designs by the architects Per Amund Riseng and Jan Stensrud. The church seats about 550 people. See also List of churches in Rogaland References
Old Berg Church

Old Berg Church (Norwegian: Berg gamle kirke) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Berg. It is the former church for the Berg parish which is part of the Larvik prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. Now, it is a preserved church that is occasionally used by the parish, but it has not been in regular use since 1878. The gray and brown stone church was built in a long church design around the year 1100 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 122 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1398, but the church was not built that year. The old church was likely built in the early 1100s in an Romanesque style of architecture. The church has a rectangular nave and narrower, rectangular choir with a lower roofline. The church was built with natural stones (none were cut to fit). There are three doors: two in the nave and one in the chancel. Originally there were no windows in the building, but there was a small skylight in the gable of the chancel. The church originally had an earthen floor covered with stones. The church is located about 50 metres (160 ft) from river Bergselva, which was close enough to the sea to allow some boats to travel from the sea, up the river, and to the church. The church fell into disrepair after the Reformation, and the church's valuables were sent to Copenhagen. However, the church was restored in 1592. It was given a window, and the choir opening was made larger. A pulpit and benches were added, and the church was used as a parish church until the end of the 19th century, when it was deemed to be too small and was in poor condition. From 1875 to 1878, a new church was built just up the hill from this church. The new Berg Church was consecrated in 1878 as the new parish church. After this, the stone church went out of use and it fell into disrepair. The ruins remained there until 1911, when some of the stones were taken from the walls and brought to several local farms to be used there. After many years as a ruin, it was decided that they old building should be restored for historical purposes. During the 1960s, restoration work began under the leadership of Finn Bryn. The newly restored building was re-consecrated on 13 September 1970. The church regained its old pulpit from 1592 as well as a couple of candlesticks from the same time. Above the chancel arch is a crucifix made by Joseph Grimeland, and to the left of the chancel arch there is a rune stone built into the wall. On the north wall hangs an epitaph about Dorthe Christensdatter and her family. During archaeological excavations in 1968, 324 coins were found at the church. Most have been sent to the coin collection at the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, but a selection of the coins were put in a frame that hangs on the wall in the church. The church is not a regular parish church, but is used for a few worship services each year and is used for special occasions such as weddings and concerts. Media gallery See also List of churches in Tunsberg References
Berg Church (Vestfold)

Berg Church (Norwegian: Berg kirke or Berg trekirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Larvik Municipality in Vestfold county, Norway. It is located in the village of Berg. It is one of the churches for the Berg parish which is part of the Larvik prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Tunsberg. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1878 using plans drawn up by the architect J.H. Nissen. The church seats about 305 people. History By the late-1800s, the Old Berg Church was deemed to be too small and old and so the parish decided to build a new church. The new wooden long church was built about 300 metres (980 ft) to the southwest of the old church. The old church was closed and fell into ruin, but in the 1960s it was restored for historical purposes and the old church is now often called Berg steinkirke (lit. 'Berg stone church') and the new church is often called Berg trekirke (lit. 'Berg wooden church'). The new wooden church was designed by Henrik Nissen and it was built under the leadership of master builder Mathias Olsen. Construction began in 1875 and the new building was completed and consecrated in 1878. The building has a rectangular nave and a smaller chancel on the east end. There are small sacristies on the north and south side of the chancel. In 2007, the new Berg Arbeidskirke was built about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the southwest in Helgeroa. That new church has largely replaced this church as the main church for the parish. There is no cemetery at the new Berg Arbeidskirke, so burials and funerals still take place at this church which has a large cemetery surrounding the building. See also List of churches in Tunsberg References
Bergen Kunsthall

Bergen Kunsthall is a contemporary art centre in Bergen, Norway, that organises and hosts exhibitions and events by both Norwegian and international artists. Since 1953, Bergen Kunsthall has curated and produced the annual Festspillutstillingen, which is now regarded as one of Norway’s most prestigious solo exhibitions. Their 2017 exhibition "BRIDGIT" by Charlotte Prodger won the Turner Prize in 2018. Bergen Kunsthall was originally founded in 1838 as Bergens Kunstforening, and is located in an early functionalist building designed in 1935 by the architect Ole Landmark. References External links Official website