Fjelberg Church

Fjelberg Church
Fjelberg kyrkje
Fjelberg Church
Location in Hordaland county
Fjelberg Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°44′19″N 5°42′25″E / 59.7385°N 5.7069°E / 59.7385; 5.7069Coordinates: 59°44′19″N 5°42′25″E / 59.7385°N 5.7069°E / 59.7385; 5.7069
Location Kvinnherad, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1722
Specifications
Capacity 160
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Eid og Fjelberg
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Fjelberg Church (Norwegian: Fjelberg kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Fjelbergøya. The church is part of the Eid og Fjelberg parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]

History

There has been a church on Fjelbergøya since the middle ages. That church was a stave church and it was torn down in 1722 and replaced by a timber-framed church. This white, wooden church was built to seat about 160 people. There was discussion in 1862 of replacing the church, but instead it was decided to simply refurbish the old church. Another renovation was completed in 1939.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fjelberg kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-03-26.



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