Solund Church | |
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Solund kyrkje | |
61°04′33″N 4°50′25″E / 61.0757°N 4.8404°ECoordinates: 61°04′33″N 4°50′25″E / 61.0757°N 4.8404°E | |
Location |
Solund Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Consecrated | 22 November 1860 |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Completed | 1860 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 200 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Solund |
Deanery | Nordhordland prosti |
Diocese | Diocese of Bjørgvin |
Solund Church (Norwegian: Solund kyrkje) is the main parish church in Solund Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hardbakke on the western coast of the island of Sula. The church is part of the Solund parish in the Nordhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has about 200 seats, was consecrated on 22 November 1860 by the Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin. The architect Christian Henrik Grosch made the designs for the building.