Jostedal Church

Jostedal Church
Jostedal kyrkje
View of the church
Jostedal Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county Jostedal Church Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°35′15″N 7°17′00″E / 61.5875°N 7.2833°ECoordinates: 61°35′15″N 7°17′00″E / 61.5875°N 7.2833°E
Location	Luster Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	c. 1660
Specifications
Capacity	120
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Jostedal
Deanery	Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Jostedal Church (Norwegian: Jostedal kyrkje) is a parish church in Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Jostedal. The church is part of the Jostedal parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 120 seats, was built around 1660 by builder Hans Ottesen Ravn. The present church is the third church to be located here. The first church was a stave church that was probably built in the 13th century. It stood for over 300 years before it was replaced by a new stave church in 1553. That stave church was torn down in 1660 when the present church was completed.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of churches in Sogn og Fjordane

References

1. "Jostedal kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-02-21.
3. "Jostedal kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv. Retrieved 2014-02-21.