Solund Church | |
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Solund kyrkje | |
61°04′32″N 4°50′22″E / 61.0755346364°N 4.839375078°E | |
Location | Solund Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1860 |
Consecrated | 22 November 1860 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1860 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 200 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Nordhordland prosti |
Parish | Solund |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85523 |
Solund Church (Norwegian: Solund kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Solund Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hardbakke on the western coast of the island of Sula. It is one of the three churches for the Solund parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1860 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Henrik Grosch. The church seats about 200 people.[1][2]