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Solvorn Church

Solvorn Church
Solvorn kyrkje
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Solvorn Church is located in Sogn og Fjordane
Solvorn Church
Solvorn Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
Solvorn Church is located in Norway
Solvorn Church
Solvorn Church
Location in Sogn og Fjordane county
61°18′02″N 7°14′15″E / 61.3005°N 7.2375°E / 61.3005; 7.2375Coordinates: 61°18′02″N 7°14′15″E / 61.3005°N 7.2375°E / 61.3005; 7.2375
Location Luster Municipality,
Sogn og Fjordane
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated June 1883
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Waldemar Hansteen
Completed 1883
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Solvorn
Deanery Indre Sogn prosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Solvorn Church (Norwegian: Solvorn kyrkje) is a parish church in Luster Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Solvorn. The church is part of the Solvorn parish in the Indre Sogn deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church, which has 300 seats, was built and consecrated in 1883. The architect Waldemar Hansteen made the designs for the building. The present church replaced the timbered church which was built around the year 1600, which had replaced a stave church that was built in the 14th century (or earlier).



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