Øyslebø Church

Øyslebø Church
Øyslebø kirke

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Øyslebø Church
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Øyslebø Church
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58°10′01″N 7°33′13″E / 58.1670°N 07.5537°E / 58.1670; 07.5537Coordinates: 58°10′01″N 7°33′13″E / 58.1670°N 07.5537°E / 58.1670; 07.5537
Location Marnardal, Vest-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1600s
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ole Vermundson Skjøllingstad
Style Cruciform
Completed 1797
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Øyslebø
Deanery Mandal prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Øyslebø Church (Norwegian: Øyslebø kirke) is a parish church in Marnardal municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Øyslebø. The church is part of the Øyslebø parish in the Mandal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden, cruciform church was built in 1797 by the architect Ole Vermundson Skjøllingstad. The church seats about 350 people. This church is the third church on this site. The first church was a medieval stave church. The second was a timber-framed church that was built in either 1460 or 1560.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Øyslebø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  2. "Øyslebø kirke" (in Norwegian). Marnardal kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2016-11-29.


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