Fon Church

Fon Church
Fon Church
Location in Vestfold
Coordinates: 59°24′43.459″N 10°12′22.946″E / 59.41207194°N 10.20637389°E / 59.41207194; 10.20637389
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1100
Specifications
Capacity 130
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Fon
Deanery Nord-Jarlsberg
Diocese Diocese of Tunsberg

Fon Church (Norwegian: Fon kirke) is a long church (Norwegian: langkirke) dating from the 12th century in the village of Fon in Vestfold county, Norway.[1][2] The church is made of stone and built in the Romanesque style. It can accommodate 130 people.[1][2] The church's bell tower was built in 1839, and it had an older bell tower before this.[3]

The church has a pulpit dating from 1603 and an altarpiece from 1633.[3] There are two church bells at Fon Church; both of them were cast at the Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry in Sem.[3] The church's oldest bell is on display at the Olsen Nauen Bell Museum.[3]

Fon Church (at top right) is part of the rural built landscape in Fon, Norway.

References

  1. 1 2 Store norske leksikon: Fon kirke.
  2. 1 2 Kirkesøk: Fon kirke.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Den norske kirke: Re kirkelige fellesråds. Fon kirke.

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