Tysnes Church

Tysnes Church
Tysnes kirke
View of the church
Tysnes Church
Location in Hordaland county
Tysnes Church
Tysnes Church (Norway)
60°02′26″N 5°31′51″E / 60.0405°N 5.5308°E / 60.0405; 5.5308Coordinates: 60°02′26″N 5°31′51″E / 60.0405°N 5.5308°E / 60.0405; 5.5308
Location Tysnes, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Georg Andreas Bull
Completed 1867
Specifications
Capacity 468
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Tysnes
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Tysnes Church (Norwegian: Tysnes kyrkje) is a parish church in Tysnes municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Våge on the northern shore of the island of Tysnesøya. The church is part of the Tysnes parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1867 by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church, which seats about 400 people, was consecrated on 4 September 1867.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tysnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-01-21.



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