Lygra Church

Lygra Church
Lygra kyrkje
View of the church
Lygra Church Location in Hordaland county Lygra Church Location in Hordaland county
60°41′20″N 5°07′09″E / 60.6888°N 5.1192°ECoordinates: 60°41′20″N 5°07′09″E / 60.6888°N 5.1192°E
Location	Lindås, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Petter Gabrielsen
Completed	1892
Specifications
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Lygra
Deanery	Nordhordland prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Lygra Church (Norwegian: Lygra kyrkje) is a parish church in Lindås municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Luro. The church is part of the Lygra parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1892 by the architect Petter Gabrielsen. There has been a church on this island since the Middle Ages, and there has been at least three church buildings on this site before the present church was built. The first one was built before 1321 and it probably was a stave church. That one was replaced by a timber church in the 17th century. That church burned down in 1772 and a new church was built to replace it. That church stood until 1892 when it was torn down to make room for the present church.^[1][2]

See also

• List of churches in Hordaland

References

1. "Lygra kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-03-28.