Sjernarøy Church

Sjernarøy Church
Sjernarøy kirke
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59°15′14″N 5°48′55″E / 59.2539°N 5.8152°E / 59.2539; 5.8152Coordinates: 59°15′14″N 5°48′55″E / 59.2539°N 5.8152°E / 59.2539; 5.8152
Location	Finnøy, Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	1647
Specifications
Capacity	160
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Sjernarøy
Deanery	Tungenes prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Stavanger

Sjernarøy Church (Norwegian: Sjernarøy kirke) is a parish church in Finnøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Kyrkjøy in the Sjernarøyane islands. The church is part of the Sjernarøy parish in the Tungenes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red, wooden church was built in 1647. It seats about 160 people. The interior walls of the church are decorated with hand-painted rosemåling.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "Sjernarøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-01-18.

Church of Norway churches in the Tungenes deanery, Rogaland county, Norway

	Finnøy municipality: Fogn Hesby Jørstad Sjernarøy Talgje Kvitsøy municipality: Kvitsøy Randaberg municipality: Grødem Randaberg

	Rennesøy municipality: Askje Hausken Sørbø Utstein Vestre Åmøy Sola municipality: Ræge Sola Sørnes Tananger Tananger Chapel

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