Norheimsund Church | |
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Norheimsund kyrkje | |
60°22′07″N 6°08′38″E / 60.3686027169°N 6.143911957806°E | |
Location | Kvam Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1989 |
Consecrated | 4 June 1989 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Peder A. Ristesund |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1989 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 700 |
Materials | Stone/Brick |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Hardanger og Voss prosti |
Parish | Vikøy |
Norheimsund Church (Norwegian: Norheimsund kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvam Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheimsund. It is one of the churches for the Vikøy parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brick church was built in a long church design in 1989 using plans drawn up by the architect Peder A. Ristesund from Bergen. The church seats about 700 people.[1]