Hyllestad Church

Hyllestad Church
Hyllestad kyrkje
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61°10′09″N 5°17′32″E / 61.1692°N 5.2922°E / 61.1692; 5.2922Coordinates: 61°10′09″N 5°17′32″E / 61.1692°N 5.2922°E / 61.1692; 5.2922
Location	Hyllestad Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	23 November 1880
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Johannes Henrik Nissen
Completed	1880
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Hyllestad
Deanery	Sunnfjord prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Hyllestad Church (Norwegian: Hyllestad kyrkje) is a parish church in Hyllestad Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hyllestad. The church is part of the Hyllestad parish in the Sunnfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The church at Hyllestad is first mentioned in historical records in 1322. This was probably located at the same church site that was in use until 1880 (a little north of the village of Hyllestad). The space at the old church site and cemetery was too small when a new church was to be built in 1880. A new church site was chosen at Myklebust, a little to the south of the old church site (where the present village of Hyllestad is located). Hyllestad Church is a basilica church in wood. The building was designed by architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The building was consecrated on 23 November 1880, and it seats about 300 people.