Location Etne, Hordaland Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Address 5590 Etne, Norway Capacity 245 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Completed c. 1160 Opened 1160 Phone +47 911 99 960 | |
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Diocese Lutheran Diocese of Bjørgvin Similar Gjerde Church, Grindheim Church, Norsk Motormuseum, Skånevik Church, Holmedal Church | ||
Stødle Church (Norwegian: Stødle kyrkje) is a parish church in Etne municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the village of Etnesjøen. The church is part of the Etne parish in the Sunnhordland deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone and wood church was built around the year 1160. The church has been renovated and expanded several times over the centuries, and it currently seats about 245 people.
This was the home church of Erling Skakke, a Norwegian Jarl, who lived in Stødle during the 12th century.
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