Stavang Church | |
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Stavang kyrkje | |
61°32′06″N 5°10′54″E / 61.535039049°N 5.1817864179°E | |
Location | Kinn Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Former name(s) | Bru kirke |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 12th century |
Consecrated | 16 June 1957 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Ole Halvorsen |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1957 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 312 |
Materials | Brick |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
Parish | Bru |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85551 |
Stavang Church (Norwegian: Stavang kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kinn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stavang. It is the main church for the Bru parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The whitewashed brick church was built in a long church design in 1957 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Halvorsen from Bergen. The church seats about 312 people.[1][2]