Store-Kalsøy Chapel

Store-Kalsøy Chapel (Norwegian: Store-Kalsøy kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bakkasund on the island of Stora Kalsøy in the northwestern part of the municipality. 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 brown, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1975 using designs by the architect Einar Vaardal-Lunde from Bergen. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]

Store-Kalsøy Chapel
Store-Kalsøy kapell
Store-Kalsøy Chapel
Location of the church
Store-Kalsøy Chapel
Store-Kalsøy Chapel (Norway)
60.1271°N 5.0792°E / 60.1271; 5.0792
LocationAustevoll Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1892
Consecrated19 Dec 1976
EventsFire - 18 Sept 1974
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Einar Vaardal-Lunde
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1975
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishAustevoll
DeaneryFana prosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusNot listed
ID85580

History

The first chapel was built here in 1892 and it was consecrated on 30 June 1892. The architect was Hans Heinrich Jess from the nearby city of Bergen. That chapel burned down on 18 September 1974. A new chapel was immediately commissioned and it was completed in 1975. The new, brown, wooden church was consecrated on 19 December 1976. The church seats about 250 people.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Store-Kalsøy kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 13 January 2015.

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