Lindås Church

Lindås Church (Norwegian: Lindås kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Lindås. It is one of the three churches for the Lindås parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden, neo-gothic church was built in a long church style in 1865 using designs by the architect Ole Syslak. The church seats about 370 people.[1][2]

Lindås Church
Lindås kyrkje
View of the church
Lindås Church
Location of the church
Lindås Church
Lindås Church (Norway)
60.7369°N 5.1591°E / 60.7369; 5.1591
LocationAlver Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded12th century
Consecrated20 September 1865
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ole Syslak
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNeo-Gothic
Completed1865
Specifications
Capacity370
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishLindås
DeaneryNordhordland prosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID84309

History

There has been a church here at Lindås since the middle ages. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the 1100s. The first church was a stone building. It is likely that the church was originally an open-air stone altar, with walls and a roof added later. The church had a rectangular nave with a square choir. In the 1600s, a wooden nave and steeple were added. In 1865, a new wooden church was built about 10 metres (33 ft) southwest of the old church. The new building was consecrated on 20 September 1865 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. Not long afterwards, the old church was torn down.[3][4]

Priests that served at the church included Ludvig Daae (from 1759 onward).

See also

References
  1. "Lindås kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  3. "Lindås kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  4. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
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