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Eid Church (Kvinnherad)

Eid Church (Norwegian: Eid kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eidsvik. It is one of the two churches for the Fjelberg og Eid parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1824 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 180 people. History There has been a church at Eidsvik since the Middle Ages due to its proximity to the Halsnøy Abbey. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1337, but it was in use long before that time. The first church here was a wooden stave church that was probably built during the 13th century. This church was built about 50 metres (160 ft) west of the present church building. In 1618, the chancel was rebuilt. In 1668, the old stave church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed, cruciform building on the same site. In 1696, the church underwent some repairs, including fixing the roof and tower. Around the year 1700, the ceiling of the choir was vaulted. In 1722, a new tower was built on the west end of the building. In 1724, the local parish priest, Erland Michelsen, purchased the church from the Crown during the great church auction that the King held to pay off debts from the Great Northern War. Later, the church was bought by the local parish. In 1824, a new wooden long church was built about 50 metres (160 ft) to the east of the church. The new church was consecrated the same year by the Bishop Jacob Neumann. After the new church was completed, the old church was torn down. In 1891–1893, the church underwent a renovation which included a new church porch, new large windows in both long walls of the nave, and a second floor seating gallery along the north wall of the nave. Also, the floor of the choir was raised up. In 1952–1953, the interior of the church was restored and repainted. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Hatlestrand Church

Hatlestrand Church (Norwegian: Hatlestrand kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hatlestrand. It is the church for the Hatlestrand parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1885 using plans drawn up by the architects Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe and Kjartan Imsland. The church seats about 140 people. History The new parish of Hatlestrand was established in 1885 when it was separated from the Ølve Church parish. The new parish included the northern portion of Kvinnherad Municipality located on the west side of the fjord. A new church was built in the village that same year. This would be the first church in this village. It was designed by Conrad Fredrik von der Lippe and Kjartan Imsland. The new building was consecrated in 1885. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Husnes Church

Husnes Church (Norwegian: Husnes kyrkje; historically: Kaldestad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvinnherad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Husnes. It one of the three churches for the Husnes og Holmedal parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1874 using plans drawn up by the architect J. Utne. The church seats about 280 people. History This church has existed since the Middle Ages. The earliest existing historical records of the church date to the year 1337, but it was not new that year. The first church was located at Kaldestad, about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) southwest of the present site of the church. At that time, it was called Kaldestad Church Kallðestaða. That church was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 13th century. During the 1630s or 1640s (definitely before 1660), the old church was torn down and replaced by a new timber-framed long church on the same site. Prior to 1865, the church was owned by the Barony Rosendal, and in 1865, the church was sold to the parish. In 1874, the church was no longer able to fit the congregation and a new, larger church was needed. A new church was built about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the northeast in the village of Husnes, and it was renamed Husnes Church. The lead builder was Askjell Aase and the church was designed by J. Utne. The new church was consecrated on 11 September 1874 and the old church was sold soon after. The old church was used by the new owner as a farm building until around 1900 when it was torn down. In 1960, the church was renovated by the architects Torgeir Alvsaker and Einar Vaardal-Lunde. This included new floors, interior decor, and the re-installation of the old pulpit from the old Kaldestad Church. In 1974, the church was enlarged by architect Peter Helland-Hansen. The choir and sacristies were opened up so that they became part of the nave. A new choir was built to the east of the nave and a new, large sacristy was built on the south side of the new choir. After the addition, the length of the 10-metre (33 ft) wide nave had increased from 12.1 metres (40 ft) to 15.8 metres (52 ft). See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Bekkjarvik Church

Bekkjarvik Church (Norwegian: Bekkjarvik kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bekkjarvik on the eastern part of the island of Selbjørn. 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 1898 using plans drawn up by the architect J. Sandnæs. The church seats about 180 people. History A royal decree from 14 December 1895 approved the construction of a chapel at Bekkjarvik. The architect J. Sandnæs was hired to design the building. Construction on the new church was completed in 1898. The building was a long church with a rectangular nave and a somewhat narrower, straight-ended chancel. During the construction, a sacristy was built at the east end of the choir. In 1975, the church porch was enlarged using plans by the architect Ole Halvorsen. The additional space was used for a cloakroom and a waiting area. There was also a large addition on the southeast side of the choir which includes a kitchen and meeting room. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Tyssedal Church

Tyssedal Church (Norwegian: Tyssedal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tyssedal. It is the church for the Tyssedal parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, brick church was built in a modern-looking rectangular design in 1965 using plans drawn up by the architect Aksel Fronth. The church seats about 190 people. History Starting in 1928, the people of Tyssedal began petitioning the government for their own church. It wasn't until the 1960s when their wish came true. A new church, including a full basement which has bathrooms and meeting rooms was designed by Aksel Fronth. The foundation stone was laid on 29 February 1964 and work carried on for about a year. The new church was consecrated on 4 April 1965 by the Bishop Per Juvkam. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Gjerstad Church (Osterøy)

Gjerstad Church (Norwegian: Gjerstad kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Osterøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjerstad. It is the church for the Gjerstad parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1870 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Vangberg. The church has the capacity to seat about 420 people. History The earliest records of the church date back to 1329, although it is sure to have existed before then. The first church in Gjerstad was a wooden stave church that was likely built around the year 1210. Some items from this church are preserved at the Bergen Museum such as a soapstone baptismal font that help to date the church. That church was in poor condition by the early 1600s, so in 1622, the church was taken down and a new timber-framed long church was built on roughly the same site (above the old choir and to the east). The new church had a nave that measured about 15.7 by 10.4 metres (52 ft × 34 ft) and a choir that measured about 6.3 by 6.9 metres (21 ft × 23 ft). There was also a 2.5-by-2.5-metre (8 ft 2 in × 8 ft 2 in) church porch with a tower on top. In 1724, the church was sold from the state to a private owner. In 1868, the church was purchased by the municipality and the church was deemed to need replacement. Ole Vangberg was hired to design and build the new church on the same site. He based his designs on the nearby Bruvik Church. Shortly thereafter, in 1870, the church was torn down and a new church was built on the same site. In 1930, there was a fire in the church, but it was repaired soon after. The church was partly rebuilt in 1956-1957 by architect O. Landmark. During the rebuilding, sacristies were built on the north and south sides of the choir and a small church porch was built on the west end of the nave. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Valestrand Church

Valestrand Church (Norwegian: Valestrand kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sveio Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valestrand, just south of the village of Valevåg. It is one of the churches for the Valestrand og Førde parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1873 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Vangberg. The church seats about 420 people. History The Valestrand area had historically been part of the Valen Church parish. By the 1870s, that church was too small and it was decided to build a new church. It was also decided to build the new church in a more central location for the parish, so it was built about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the old church site. The church was built by Jacobsen and Thorsen according to drawings by Ole Vangberg. The new church was consecrated on 15 October 1873 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The old Valen Church was then rebuilt as a schoolhouse. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Onarheim Church

Onarheim Church (Norwegian: Onarheim kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Onarheim on the southeastern side of the island of Tysnesøya. It is the church for the Onarheim parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1893 using plans drawn up by the architect Karl Askeland from Radøy. The church seats about 500 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1327, but the church was not new that year. The first church at Onarheim was a stone church that was probably built in the late 1100s. The church had a rectangular (nearly square) nave that measured about 11.9 by 10 metres (39 ft × 33 ft) and a narrower, rectangular chancel. At some point before 1686, the old stone chancel was torn down and replaced with a new wooden chancel on the same location. The church was sold into private ownership in 1723. In 1819–1820, the church was in disrepair, so it was completely renovated and rebuilt. The entire stone nave was demolished and rebuilt and the choir was heavily renovated. In 1862, Tysnes Municipality bought back the church from private ownership. As the population of the parish increased, the church eventually became too small, so in 1893, the whole church was torn down and a new wooden long church was built on the same site. The new church was consecrated on 7 July 1893 by the Bishop Fredrik Waldemar Hvoslef. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Saksumdal Church

Saksumdal Church (Norwegian: Saksumdal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lillehammer Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Saksumdalen. It is the church for the Saksumdal parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1875 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 130 people. History Historical records and local traditions show that there was a medieval church in the Saksumdalen valley. The medieval church was closed around the year 1590. It was probably located about 700 metres (2,300 ft) to the northwest of the present church site. Not much is known of the medieval church. After the church closed, the area became a part of the Fåberg Church parish. In 1874, work on the present church began on a site that was donated by Anders Hovland for the construction of an annex chapel for the Saksumdalen valley. A stone mason named Pedersen and the carpenter Kristian Svendsrud started work on the building after other local people donated local timber and volunteered their time and efforts to build the chapel. The chapel was completed in 1875 and it was consecrated on 26 August 1875 by the Bishop Halvor Olsen Folkestad. The building has undergone several renovations since its construction. It was wired for electric power in 1928. In 1934, sacristies were built on either side of the choir. It was remodeled again in 1951 which included the addition of leaded glass windows. The pulpit had painted figures of the evangelists added in 1953 and the backs of the church benches were sealed in 1954. Later renovations of the building added a basement, outbuilding, and flood lighting. A wheelchair ramp was added in the 1980s. Interior The altarpiece was made by Kristian Svendsrud and given to the church as a gift by landowner Anders Hovland. The first organ was installed in 1895 and has now been replaced with a new one. In the 1980s the altar was adorned with textiles by textile artist Inger Holbø, who also made trade fairs. In 2000 the church received pictures by visual artist Borgny Farstad Svalastog. See also List of churches in Hamar References
Tysnes Church

Tysnes Church (Norwegian: Tysnes kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Våge on the northern shore of the island of Tysnesøya. It is the church for the Tysnes parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1867 using plans drawn up by the architects Georg Andreas Bull and Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The church seats about 370 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but it was not new at that time. The first church here was a wooden stave church located at Tysnes, about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) north of the present church site. It was likely built during the 13th century. From 1685 to 1688, the old church was torn down and a new timber-framed long church was built on the same site. It was built by Erik Fyllingsnes from Lindaas and Oluf Bysemb from Osterøy. 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. During the 1860s, the parish determined that the old church needed to be replaced. A new church site was chosen about 70 metres (230 ft) to the southwest of the old church site. In 1865, Georg Bull was hired to design the new building and Askild Aase was hired as the lead builder. The foundation stone was laid in 1867 and the new building was consecrated on 4 September 1868. The old church was torn down after the new building was completed. In 1906, the church was disassembled and moved about 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) to the southwest, across the bay to Gjerstad where it was rebuilt. It was moved here because it was closer to the main village. Since the old architectural designs of the church were lost, the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff was hired to design the newly rebuilt church. The building was consecrated on 27 September 1906. In 1977, the church was extensively remodeled, and then re-consecrated on 4 October 1977. See also List of churches in Bjørgvin References
Venabygd Church

Venabygd Church (Norwegian: Venabygd kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ringebu Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Venabygd. It is the church for the Venabygd parish which is part of the Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1780 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 170 people. History The first church in Venabygd was probably a wooden stave church what was possibly built in the 13th century (a baptismal font in the current church dates back to this era). There is very little that is known about that church. The historic site of the church was at Lunde, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) northwest of the present site of the church. Historical records allude to the fact that around the year 1580, the church was rebuilt and enlarged by adding two transepts on either side of the nave to create a cruciform design. In 1630, a new floor was laid in the church. In 1686, there was a roof leak that was repaired and church records state that the leak was where the old and new parts of the church were joined (alluding to the fact that the old stave church was enlarged). In 1702, the old church was torn down and a new church was built to replace it. The new church was consecrated on 17 March 1703 by the Bishop Hans Munch. In 1780, a new church was completed on a new site, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the southeast of the old church site. The records do not explain why the current church replaced the old one in 1780, less than a century after it was construction. The new church was built as a cruciform building. Media gallery See also List of churches in Hamar References
Kvikne Church

Kvikne Church (Norwegian: Kvikne kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nord-Fron Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvikne. It is the church for the Kvikne parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1764 using plans drawn up by the architect Per Korpberget. The church seats about 160 people. The church cemetery has many old soapstone grave markers, several of which have been gathered under an awning. The church can be reached via Norwegian County Road 255. History The first church in Kvikne was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 14th century. This church was located at Sylte, about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the southeast of the present church site. It was located on a steep hillside overlooking a river. The old stave church was torn down in the late 1580s. A new timber-framed church was built on the same site to replace it. In 1764, the old church was torn down and a new church was built on the site. The new timber-framed cruciform church was built under the leadership of Per Korpberget. It was consecrated in 1764. Eistein Kjørn created the altar and pulpit for the church. The pulpit was based on Jakob Klukstad's pulpit for Heidal Church (which burned in 1933). The altar was also inspired by the altar at Heidal Church, but Kjørn exercised somewhat greater freedom in his creation. The baptismal font is carved from soapstone and was transferred from the older Kvikne Church. In 1789, the Storofsen flood affected the area and this triggered some landslides. The church was partially hit by a landslide that caused some damage to the choir. After the flood, the decision was made to disassemble the church and to move it about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the northwest to the Tune farm where the ground was less steep. The fairly new church was rebuilt using the same design as before. It has a tower over the central part of the nave, and there is a choir in the eastern cross arm and a sacristy in a small extension on the east end of the choir. The main entrance is on the west end, but there is also an entrance in the south end as well. The person responsible for the move was Jens Pedersen Korpberget (1753-1822), the son of Per Korpberget who built the church in 1764. The newly moved and rebuilt church was completed in 1790. See also List of churches in Hamar References Further reading Sørmoen, Oddbjørn; Havran, Jiri (2001). "Kvikne kirke". 1700-tallet. Skjønnhetens århundre. Kirker i Norge. Vol. 2. Oslo: ARFO. pp. 80–83. ISBN 82-91399-10-7. Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227. External links Kvikne Church at the Church of Norway website (in Norwegian) Kvikne Church at Kirkesøk (in Norwegian) Kvikne Church at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage website (in Norwegian)
Flatdal Church

Flatdal Church (Norwegian: Flatdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Seljord Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flatdal. It is one of the churches for the Seljord parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1654 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 160 people. History The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1529, but the church was not built that year. The first church in Flatdal was a wooden stave church. Not much is known about the old church, but there is a crucifix in the present church that is dated to the 13th century, and it is believed that this crucifix was from the old stave church, so it's likely that the old church was built during the 13th century. By the mid-1600s, the old church was in poor condition, so it was torn down in 1653. A new long church was built on the same site in 1653–1654. Some of the good timber from the old church was reused in the construction of the new church. The new church was consecrated on 29 October 1654. In 1723, the church was sold into private ownership during the Norwegian church sale which the King used to pay off debts incurred during the Great Northern War. In 1873, the parish purchased the church building from its private owner. After this, the church underwent a renovation. In 1908, the present bell tower and church porch were constructed on the west end of the building and a sacristy on the east end of the chancel. In 1952, the church interior was redecorated, reinstalling some of the old fixtures and items that were found in the attic. Media gallery See also List of churches in Agder og Telemark References