Location Vindafjord, Rogaland Denomination Church of Norway Consecrated 20 Nov 1874 Address 5580 Ølen, Norway Capacity 550 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Functional status Active Opened 1874 Phone +47 53 65 65 65 Diocese Diocese of Stavanger | |
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Ølen Church (Norwegian: Ølen kyrkje) is a parish church in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ølensjøen. The church is part of the Ølen parish in the Haugaland deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in 1874 and it is the largest church in the municipality, seating about 550 people. The church was designed by the architect T. Solheim.
History
The first known church at Ølen was a stave church that was first mentioned in historical records in 1326. That church replaced during the 1700s with a timber-framed church. That church was eventually torn down and replaced in 1874. This third church at Ølen was consecrated on 20 November 1874 by the local Dean Kierulff from Stord Church.