Imsland Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

Imsland Church

Imsland kyrkje

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59°28′38″N 5°59′19″E﻿ / ﻿59.4772°N 5.9887°E﻿ / 59.4772; 5.9887
Location| Vindafjord Municipality,
Rogaland
Country| Norway
Denomination| Church of Norway
Churchmanship| Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status| Parish church
Founded| Middle Ages
Consecrated| 1861
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Architect(s)| Hans Linstow
Architectural type| Long church
Completed| 1861 (164 years ago) (1861)
Specifications
Capacity| 260
Materials| Wood
Administration
Diocese| Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery| Haugaland prosti
Parish| Imsland

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

Type| Church
Status| Protected
ID| 84715

Imsland Church (Norwegian: Imsland kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vindafjord Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Imslandsjøen. It is the church for the Imsland parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1861 using designs by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 260 people.[1][2]

## History

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The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1620, but it was not new that year. The original church at Imsland was a stave church, located slightly to the southwest of the present church site. In the 1670s, the church had structural problems and started to collapse, so it was torn down and replaced by a small timber-framed church on the same site. In 1861, a new church was built about 7 metres (23 ft) to the northeast of the old church. The following year, the old church was torn down and its materials were sold at auction.[3]

## See also

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* List of churches in Rogaland

## References

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1. ^ "Imsland kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
3. ^ "Imsland kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

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Church of Norway churches in the Haugaland prosti in Rogaland county, Norway

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* Bokn
* Haugesund Municipality:
* Rossabø
* Skåre
* Udland
* Vår Frelsers

* Tysvær Municipality:
* Aksdal
* Førre
* Nedstrand
* Skjoldastraumen
* Tysvær

* Utsira Municipality:
* Utsira
* Vindafjord Municipality:
* Bjoa
* Imsland
* Sandeid
* Skjold
* Vats
* Vikebygd
* Vikedal
* Ølen

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