Evanger Church

Evanger Church (Norwegian: Evanger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Voss Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Evanger. It is the church for the Evanger og Bolstad parish which is part of the Hardanger og Voss prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1851 using designs by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]

Evanger Church
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60.6473°N 6.1147°E / 60.6473; 6.1147
Location	Voss, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Hans Linstow
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1851
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Evanger og Bolstad
Deanery	Hardanger og Voss prosti
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	84105

History

There has been a church at Evanger since the middle ages. It was first recorded in historical records in 1315. The church was most likely a stave church and it was torn down in the 1600s. A new timber-framed church was built to replace the old church. It had a rectangular 11 by 8 metres (36 ft × 26 ft) nave and a square 6.8 by 6.8 metres (22 ft × 22 ft) choir with a tower on the west end. Johan Christian Dahl included Evanger Church in one of his paintings in 1831. The church was taken down and replaced in 1851 with the present church, which was built using designs drawn by Hans Linstow.[3][4]

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See also

• List of churches in Bjørgvin

References

1. "Evanger kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
3. "Evanger Kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
4. "Evanger kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 25 May 2020.