Location Kvam, Hordaland Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Opened 1992 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Architect(s) Peder A. Ristesund Capacity 700 | |
Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Ålvik Church, Skare Church, Strandebarm Church, Øystese Church, Evanger Church |
Norheimsund Church (Norwegian: Norheimsund kyrkje) is a parish church in Kvam municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheimsund. The church is part of the Vikøy parish in the Hardanger og Voss deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brick church was built from 1989 to 1992 and it was designed by the architect Peder A. Ristesund from Bergen. The church was consecrated on 4 June 1989 by the Bishop Per Lønning. This is the first church in Norheimsund. Before it was built, residents had to travel several kilometers to the nearby Vikøy Church in Vikøy. The church seats about 700 people.
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