Hamre Church

Hamre Church
Hamre kyrkje
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60°32′41″N 5°21′08″E / 60.5448°N 5.3521°E / 60.5448; 5.3521Coordinates: 60°32′41″N 5°21′08″E / 60.5448°N 5.3521°E / 60.5448; 5.3521
Location	Osterøy, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded	1024
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	Abt. 1600
Specifications
Capacity	350
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Osterøy
Deanery	Arna og Åsane prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Hamre Church (Norwegian: Hamre kyrkje) is a parish church in Osterøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hamre. The church is part of the Osterøy parish in the Arna og Åsane deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The present church at Hamre cannot be dated precisely. It was historically thought to have been built around 1622, but more recently an inscription on the old main door was found that suggests that it may have been built in 1585, in which case it is the first wooden church to be built near Bergen. Hamre Church was founded in 1024, and it was the main church for all of Nordhordland. There isn't much known about the original church building, but at some point it was torn down and a stave church was built to replace it. The stave church was replaced by the present church sometime around 1600.