Kvinnherad Church

Kvinnherad Church
Kvinnherad kyrkje
View of the church
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59°59′23″N 6°00′24″E / 59.9897°N 6.0067°E / 59.9897; 6.0067Coordinates: 59°59′23″N 6°00′24″E / 59.9897°N 6.0067°E / 59.9897; 6.0067
Location	Kvinnherad, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	c. 1250
Specifications
Capacity	400
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Kvinnherad
Deanery	Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Kvinnherad Church (Norwegian: Kvinnherad kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rosendal. The church is part of the Kvinnherad parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.

The white, stone church was built during the middle to late 13th century. The church was first named in historical records in 1306, but it was not new at that time. For about 300 years, the church was owned by the nearby Barony Rosendal, where many of the Rosenkrantz family are buried. The building has been renovated and refurbished many times over the centuries, the most recent times were in 1913-1914 and in 1955. The church seats about 400 people.

Front of church

From a distance

Exterior window

Side door

Interior view

Churchyard