Location Forsand, Rogaland Denomination Church of Norway Consecrated 28 May 1961 Opened 1961 Status Parish church Architect Gustav Helland | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Capacity 150 Diocese Diocese of Stavanger | |
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Similar Nesflaten Chapel, Marvik Chapel, Årdal Church, Sand Church, Old Årdal Church | ||
Lyse Chapel (Norwegian: Lyse kapell) is a small parish church in Forsand municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the tiny village of Lysebotn, at the end of the Lysefjorden. The church is part of the Forsand parish in the Ryfylke deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The brown, wooden church was built in 1961 by the architects Gustav Helland and Endre Årreberg. The church, which seats about 150 people, was consecrated on 28 May 1961 by the Bishop Fridtjov Birkeli.
The church is not used often, since there are only about a dozen residents in the isolated village of Lysebotn. In 2009, the municipality tried to close and sell the chapel, but they changed their mind due to the opposition of the residents.
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