Stødle Church

Stødle Church
Stødle kyrkje
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59°40′23″N 5°57′57″E / 59.6731°N 5.9658°E / 59.6731; 5.9658Coordinates: 59°40′23″N 5°57′57″E / 59.6731°N 5.9658°E / 59.6731; 5.9658
Location	Etne, Hordaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	c. 1160
Specifications
Capacity	245
Materials	Stone and wood
Administration
Parish	Etne
Deanery	Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Bjørgvin

Stødle Church (Norwegian: Stødle kyrkje) is a parish church in Etne municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the village of Etnesjøen. The church is part of the Etne parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone and wood church was built around the year 1160. The church has been renovated and expanded several times over the centuries, and it currently seats about 245 people.

This was the home church of Erling Skakke, a Norwegian Jarl, who lived in Stødle during the 12th century.