Fjellgardane Church

Church in Agder, Norway

59°33′41″N 7°21′15″E / 59.5615°N 07.3542°E / 59.5615; 07.3542LocationBykle Municipality,
AgderCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryFormer name(s)Hovden kapellStatusParish churchFounded1957Consecrated22 Sept 1957ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Torjus BjåenArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1957 (67 years ago) (1957)SpecificationsCapacity110MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseAgder og TelemarkDeaneryOtredal prostiParishBykle

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID84643

Fjellgardane Church (Norwegian: Fjellgardane kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bykle Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hovden. It is one of the churches for the Bykle parish which is part of the Otredal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1957. The church seats about 110 people.^[1]^[2]

History

Hovden Chapel was built in 1957 to serve the Hovden community. It was consecrated on 22 September 1957 by the Bishop Johannes Smidt. The small chapel cost 58,000 kr. In 2002, the church was renovated by the architect Torjus Bjåen and it was enlarged and renamed Fjellgardane Church.^[3]

References

^ "Fjellgardane kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Fjellgardane kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Bykle kyrkjelege fellesråd. Retrieved 17 March 2017.