Solund Church

Solund Church
Solund kyrkje
Solund Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Solund Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°04′33″N 4°50′25″E / 61.0757°N 4.8404°E / 61.0757; 4.8404Coordinates: 61°04′33″N 4°50′25″E / 61.0757°N 4.8404°E / 61.0757; 4.8404
Location Solund Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 22 November 1860
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed 1860
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Solund
Deanery Nordhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Solund Church (Norwegian: Solund kyrkje) is the main parish church in Solund Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hardbakke on the western coast of the island of Sula. The church is part of the Solund parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has about 200 seats, was consecrated on 22 November 1860 by the Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin. The architect Christian Henrik Grosch made the designs for the building.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Solund kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  3. ↑ "Solund Church". Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2013-12-18.



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