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Hosanger Church

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Location
  
Osterøy, Hordaland

Denomination
  
Functional status
  
Active

Address
  
5282 Lonevåg, Norway

Phone
  
+47 56 19 22 80

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Completed
  
1796

Opened
  
1796

Status
  
Hosanger Church

Diocese
  
Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin

Similar
  
Gjerstad Church, Hamre Church, Haus Church, Bruvik Church, Takvam Chapel

Hosanger Church (Norwegian: Hosanger kyrkje) is a parish church in Osterøy municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hosanger on the northern shore of the island of Osterøy. The church is part of the Osterøy parish in the Arna og Åsane deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in 1796.

History

There has been a church at Hosanger since the Middle Ages. The first time Hosanger Church is mentioned in historical records is in 1329. That church was most probably a stave church. That church was replaced at some unknown time by a timber-framed church. A report from 1686 described as "very run down" because of poor exterior maintenance, which suggests that the church, at that time was already relatively old. At Christmas 1795, lightning struck the church and it burned down. A new stone church was built on the same site the following year. That stone church was renovated and enlarged from 1863–65 and again from 1962–64.

References

Hosanger Church Wikipedia


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