Myking Church | |
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Myking kyrkje | |
60°42′00″N 5°19′31″E / 60.70013664498°N 5.32533958554°E | |
Location | Alver Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 17 November 1861 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1861 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Nordhordland prosti |
Parish | Lindås |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85077 |
Myking Church (Norwegian: Myking kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Myking, along the inner Austfjorden. It is one of the three churches for the Lindås parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1861 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]