Meland Church

Meland Church
Meland kyrkje

View of the church
Meland Church
Location in Hordaland county
Meland Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°32′28″N 5°11′29″E / 60.5410°N 5.1913°E / 60.5410; 5.1913Coordinates: 60°32′28″N 5°11′29″E / 60.5410°N 5.1913°E / 60.5410; 5.1913
Location Meland, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Johannes Øvsthus
Completed 1866
Specifications
Capacity 380
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Meland
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Meland Church (Norwegian: Meland kyrkje) is a parish church in Radøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Meland on the island of Holsnøy. The church is part of the Meland parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1866 by the architect Johannes Øvsthus. The church seats about 380 people.[1][2]

There has been a church in Meland for a long time. There was a stave church on the site until 1616 when it was torn down and replaced by a timber-frame church. That church was torn down when the present church was built in 1866. Both older churches were located in Meland, just about 200 metres (660 ft) to the southwest of the present church.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Meland kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Meland kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2014-04-17.



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