Fjæra Chapel

Fjæra Church
Fjæra kyrkje
Fjæra Church
Location in Hordaland county
Fjæra Church
Location in Hordaland county
59°52′32″N 6°23′17″E / 59.8755°N 6.3881°E / 59.8755; 6.3881Coordinates: 59°52′32″N 6°23′17″E / 59.8755°N 6.3881°E / 59.8755; 6.3881
Location Etne, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff
Completed 1913
Specifications
Capacity 150
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Skånevik
Deanery Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Fjæra Church (Norwegian: Fjæra kyrkje) is a parish church in Etne municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fjæra at the innermost end of the Åkrafjorden. The church is part of the Skånevik parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1913 using plans by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The church seats about 150 people.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fjæra kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-04-08.



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