Tveit Church (Vestland)

Tveit Church (Norwegian: Tveit kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Askøy Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tveitevåg on the western side of the island of Askøy. It is the church for the Tveit parish which is part of the Vesthordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 2017 using designs by the architectural firm Tippetue arkitekter from Bergen. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

Tveit Church
Tveit kirke
View of the old church (prior to 2017)
Tveit Church
Location of the church
Tveit Church
Tveit Church (Norway)
60.4543°N 5.1315°E / 60.4543; 5.1315
LocationAskøy Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1957
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Tippetue Arkitekter
Architectural typeLong church
Completed2017
Specifications
Capacity500
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishTveit
DeaneryVesthordland prosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85691

History

The first church at Tveitevåg was built in 1957. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style using designs by the architects Torgeir Alvsaker and Einar Vaardal-Lunde. The church seated about 300 people. It was consecrated on 5 May 1957.[3] The nave was 15 by 10 metres (49 ft × 33 ft) and the choir was 4.5 by 4.5 metres (15 ft × 15 ft). Over time, the church was too small for the parish, so it was torn down in 2016 and a new, larger church was completed in 2017 and consecrated on 20 August 2017. The new church is a smilar design to the old church, but it is 6 metres (20 ft) wider and 10 metres (33 ft) longer.[4]

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See also

References
  1. "Tveit kirke, Askøy". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  4. "Tveit kirke". Norske-kirker.net. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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