Norheimsund Church

Norheimsund Church
Norheimsund kyrkje
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Norheimsund Church Location in Hordaland county Norheimsund Church Location in Hordaland county
60°22′06″N 6°08′37″E / 60.3683°N 6.1436°ECoordinates: 60°22′06″N 6°08′37″E / 60.3683°N 6.1436°E
Location	Kvam, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Peder A. Ristesund
Completed	1992
Specifications
Capacity	700
Materials	Stone/Brick
Administration
Parish	Vikøy
Deanery	Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Norheimsund Church (Norwegian: Norheimsund kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheimsund. The church is part of the Vikøy parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brick church was built from 1989 to 1992 and it was designed by the architect Peder A. Ristesund from Bergen. The church was consecrated on 4 June 1989 by the Bishop Per Lønning. This is the first church in Norheimsund. Before it was built, residents had to travel several kilometers to the nearby Vikøy Church in Vikøy. The church seats about 700 people.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of churches in Hordaland

References

1. "Norheimsund kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2014-07-03.