Bø Church | |
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Bø kyrkje | |
View of the church
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61°07′50″N 5°19′44″E / 61.1305°N 5.3289°ECoordinates: 61°07′50″N 5°19′44″E / 61.1305°N 5.3289°E | |
Location |
Hyllestad Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Consecrated | 29 November 1868 |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan |
Completed | 1868 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 200 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Hyllestad |
Deanery | Sunnfjord prosti |
Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Bø Church (Norwegian: Bø kyrkje) is a parish church in Hyllestad Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of hattfjelldal. The church is part of the Hyllestad parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in 1868 to replace an earlier church. The first known church on the site dates back to at least the 1340s. The present church seats about 200 people. The building was designed by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. It was consecrated on 29 November 1868.