Gjerstad Church (Osterøy)

Gjerstad Church
Gjerstad kyrkje

View of the church
Gjerstad Church
Location in Hordaland county
Gjerstad Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°30′00″N 5°32′51″E / 60.5000°N 5.5474°E / 60.5000; 5.5474Coordinates: 60°30′00″N 5°32′51″E / 60.5000°N 5.5474°E / 60.5000; 5.5474
Location Osterøy, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ole Vangberg
Completed 1871
Specifications
Capacity 420
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Osterøy
Deanery Arna og Åsane prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Gjerstad Church (Norwegian: Gjerstad kyrkje) is a parish church in Osterøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjerstad. The church is part of the Osterøy parish in the Arna og Åsane deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1870 by the builder Ole Vangberg.[1][2]

The church is the third church to stand on this site. The first church existed during the Middle Ages and it was a stave church. It was probably built about the year 1210. There are some items from this church that are preserved at the Bergen Museum such as a soapstone baptismal font. That church was in poor condition by the 1600s (decade) and so it was taken down and a timber church was built in 1622. That was followed by the present church in 1870.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gjerstad kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Gjerstad kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Osterøy kyrkjeleg fellesråd.



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