Fjellgardane Church

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Fjellgardane Church
59°33′41″N7°21′15″E / 59.5615°N 07.3542°E / 59.5615; 07.3542
Location Bykle Municipality,
Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Hovden kapell
Status Parish church
Founded1957
Consecrated 22 Sept 1957
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Torjus Bjåen
Architectural type Long church
Completed1957(67 years ago) (1957)
Specifications
Capacity110
Materials Wood
Administration
Diocese Agder og Telemark
Deanery Otredal prosti
Parish Bykle
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID 84643

Fjellgardane Church (Norwegian : Fjellgardane kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bykle Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hovden. It is one of the churches for the Bykle parish which is part of the Otredal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1957. The church seats about 110 people. [1] [2]

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History

Hovden Chapel was built in 1957 to serve the Hovden community. It was consecrated on 22 September 1957 by the Bishop Johannes Smidt. The small chapel cost 58,000  kr. In 2002, the church was renovated by the architect Torjus Bjåen and it was enlarged and renamed Fjellgardane Church. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fjellgardane kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fjellgardane kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Bykle kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

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