Høyanger Church

Høyanger Church
Høyanger kyrkje

View of the church
Høyanger Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Høyanger Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°13′06″N 6°04′39″E / 61.21833°N 6.0775°E / 61.21833; 6.0775Coordinates: 61°13′06″N 6°04′39″E / 61.21833°N 6.0775°E / 61.21833; 6.0775
Location Høyanger Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 11 Sept 1960
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Arnstein Arneberg and Olav S. Platou
Completed 1960
Specifications
Capacity 374
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Høyanger
Deanery Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Høyanger Church (Norwegian: Høyanger kyrkje) is a parish church in Høyanger Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Høyanger. The church is part of the Høyanger parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.[1][2]

The white, concrete church, which has 374 seats, was consecrated on 11 September 1960 by the Bishop Ragnvald Indrebø. The architects Arnstein Arneberg and Olav Platou made the designs for the church. The Norsk Aluminium Company (NACO) was responsible for the construction and gave the church for free to the community. The Mayor Albert Hellem thought that the church's gift was the greatest thing that had happened to Høyanger, second only to the actual start of the industry.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Høyanger kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Høyanger kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-01-19.



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