Bremnes Church

Bremnes Church
Bremnes kirke
Bremnes Church Location in Hordaland county Show map of Hordaland Bremnes Church Location in Hordaland county Show map of Norway
59°47′44″N 5°10′26″E / 59.7956°N 5.1739°E / 59.7956; 5.1739Coordinates: 59°47′44″N 5°10′26″E / 59.7956°N 5.1739°E / 59.7956; 5.1739
Location	Bømlo, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	16 Sept 1869
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Completed	1869
Specifications
Capacity	750
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Bremnes
Deanery	Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Bremnes Church (Norwegian: Bremnes kirke) is a parish church in Bømlo municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svortland on the island of Bømlo. The church is part of the Bremnes parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The first church here was a medieval stave church located in the nearby farm area of Gåsland (across the lake from the present location). Historically, the church was called Gåsland Church (spelled Gaasland). This church was first mentioned in historical records in 1327, but it was old at that time. The stave church was demolished in 1689 and a new wooden church was built in the same place of Oluff Bysemb. In 1869, a new, larger church was built on the present site to the south. It was designed by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and it was consecrated on 16 September 1869. This new white, wooden church was built to seat about 750 people.