Stødle Church

Stødle Church
Stødle kyrkje

View of the church
Stødle Church
Location in Hordaland county
Stødle Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°40′23″N 5°57′57″E / 59.6731°N 5.9658°E / 59.6731; 5.9658Coordinates: 59°40′23″N 5°57′57″E / 59.6731°N 5.9658°E / 59.6731; 5.9658
Location Etne, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed c. 1160
Specifications
Capacity 245
Materials Stone and wood
Administration
Parish Etne
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Stødle Church (Norwegian: Stødle kyrkje) is a parish church in Etne municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the village of Etnesjøen. The church is part of the Etne parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone and wood church was built around the year 1160. The church has been renovated and expanded several times over the centuries, and it currently seats about 245 people.[1][2][3]

This was the home church of Erling Skakke, a Norwegian Jarl, who lived in Stødle during the 12th century.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stødle kyrkje, Etne". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
  3. ↑ "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2015-04-09.



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