Sundvor Church

Sundvor Church
Sundvor kyrkje
Sundvor Church
Location in Hordaland county
Sundvor Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°04′26″N 5°45′23″E / 60.0738°N 5.7563°E / 60.0738; 5.7563Coordinates: 60°04′26″N 5°45′23″E / 60.0738°N 5.7563°E / 60.0738; 5.7563
Location Fusa, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s) Sundvor kapell
Consecrated 14 Oct 1927
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Erlend Tryti
Completed 1927
Specifications
Capacity 228
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Fusa
Deanery Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Sundvor Church (Norwegian: Sundvor kyrkje) is a parish church in Fusa municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sundvord, serving the far southern part of Fusa municipality. The church is part of the Fusa parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1927 as a "chapel". The church was designed by the architect Erlend Tryti. The church, which seats about 228 people, was consecrated on 14 October 1927. In 2000, the chapel was upgraded to a "church".[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sundvor kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  3. ↑ Lidén, Hans. "Sundvor kapell" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2014-07-27.



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