Bremnes Church | |
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Bremnes kirke | |
59°47′43″N 5°10′27″E / 59.7953572045648°N 5.174281597137°E | |
Location | Bømlo, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 16 Sept 1869 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1869 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 750 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Sunnhordland prosti |
Parish | Bremnes |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 83952 |
Bremnes Church (Norwegian: Bremnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svortland on the island of Bømlo. It is the church for the Bremnes parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1869 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 750 people.[1][2]