Location Osterøy, Hordaland Denomination Church of Norway Founded 1024 Opened 1622 Phone +47 56 19 22 80 | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Capacity 350 Status Parish church | |
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Address 5281 Valestrandfossen, Norway Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Gjerstad Church, Haus Church, Hosanger Church, Bruvik Church, Old Åsane Church | ||
Hamre Church (Norwegian: Hamre kyrkje) is a parish church in Osterøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hamre. The church is part of the Osterøy parish in the Arna og Åsane deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
History
The present church at Hamre cannot be dated precisely. It was historically thought to have been built around 1622, but more recently an inscription on the old main door was found that suggests that it may have been built in 1585, in which case it is the first wooden church to be built near Bergen. Hamre Church was founded in 1024, and it was the main church for all of Nordhordland. There isn't much known about the original church building, but at some point it was torn down and a stave church was built to replace it. The stave church was replaced by the present church sometime around 1600.