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Kvitsøy Church

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Location
  
Kvitsøy, Rogaland

Denomination
  
Functional status
  
Active

Address
  
4180 Kvitsøy, Norway

Capacity
  
150

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Completed
  
1620

Opened
  
1620

Status
  
Kvitsøy Church

Similar
  
Talgje Church, Sørbø Church, Orre Church, Sola Church, Hesby Church

Kvitsøy Church (Norwegian: Kvitsøy kirke) is a parish church in Kvitsøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Ydstebøhamn on the island of Kvitsøy. The church is part of the Kvitsøy parish in the Tungenes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The small, white, wooden church was built in 1620 to serve the population of the island. It seats about 150 people. There was a church on Kvitsøy since the middle ages. The previous church was probably dismantled and moved elsewhere. A new church was built and part of that church was used to complete the present church in 1620. The church has been remodeled and expanded since the original structure was built. In the 1950s, the original rosemåling decorations on the walls were discovered and restored.

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Kvitsøy Church Wikipedia


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