Location Kvinnherad, Hordaland Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Address 5453 Utåker, Norway Capacity 200 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Completed 1815 Opened 1815 Phone +47 53 48 27 40 | |
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Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Valen Church, Fjelberg Church, Ænes Church, Husnes Church, Åkra Church | ||
Holmedal Church (Norwegian: Holmedal kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvinnherad municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Utåker. The church is part of the Husnes og Holmedal parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
History
There has been a church in Utåker since the Middle Ages. The church is first named in historical records in 1360 and at that time the church was not new. That church was a stave church. It was eventually torn down and the present white, wooden church was built in 1882. The church seats about 200 people.
References
Holmedal Church (Hordaland) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA