Tysnes Church

Tysnes Church (Norwegian: Tysnes kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysnes Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Våge on the northern shore of the island of Tysnesøya. It is the church for the Tysnes parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1867 using designs by the architect Georg Andreas Bull. The church seats about 370 people.[1][2]

Tysnes Church
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60.0405°N 5.5308°E / 60.0405; 5.5308
Location	Tysnes, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	13th century
Consecrated	4 Sept 1867
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Georg Andreas Bull
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1867
Specifications
Capacity	370
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Tysnes
Deanery	Sunnhordland prosti
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	177787

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1329, but it was not new at that time. The first church here was likely a stave church located at Tysnes. In 1685, the old church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed church. It was built by Erik Fyllingsnes from Lindaas and Oluf Bysemb from Osterøy. In 1867, the church was torn down and replaced with a new wooden church, about 70 metres (230 ft) to the southwest of the old church site. In 1906, the church was disassembled and moved about 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) to the southwest, across the bay to Gjerstad where it was rebuilt. It was moved here because it was closer to the main village. Since the old architectural designs of the church were lost, the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff was hired to design the newly rebuilt church. The building was consecrated on 27 September 1906. In 1977, the church was extensively remodeled, and then re-consecrated on 4 October 1977.[3][4][5]

See also

• List of churches in Bjørgvin

References

1. "Tysnes kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
4. "Tysnes gamle kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
5. "Tysnes kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2020.