Vikebygd Church | |
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Vikebygd kyrkje | |
59°35′29″N 5°35′13″E / 59.591314°N 5.586874°E | |
Location | Vindafjord Municipality, Rogaland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 1937 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Torgeir Alvsaker |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1937 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
Deanery | Haugaland prosti |
Parish | Vikebygd |
Type | Church |
Status | Protected |
ID | 85839 |
Vikebygd Church (Norwegian: Vikebygd kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vindafjord Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikebygd. It is the church for the Vikebygd parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1937 using designs by the architect Torgeir Alvsaker.[1][2]