Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Completed 1815 Opened 1815 | Functional status Active Capacity 300 | |
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Location Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder Similar Bakke Church, Feda Church, Eiken Church, Kvævemoen Chapel, Flekkefjord Church | ||
Gyland Church (Norwegian: Gyland kirke) is a parish church in Flekkefjord municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located at Nuland, a few kilometers southwest of the village of Gyland. The church is part of the Gyland parish in the Lister deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in 1815. It seats about 300 people.
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There was an old church in Gyland for centuries. In 1815, it was replaced with the current Gyland Church. This newer church was bigger than the old one and it was built in a cruciform style. In 1929, the church building was moved from the village of Gyland to its current location in Nuland, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of the former location. The main reason to move the church was that its new location was more central to the municipality of Gyland that existed at that time. In any case, the church needed major repairs, so something had to be done. The cemetery at the old church site obviously could not be moved and due to the location, it was not possible to establish a new cemetery the new location. Therefore, a new chapel was built at the old church site to serve the cemetery and the new church site is without a cemetery.