Imsland Church ( no, Imsland kyrkje) is a
parish church
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of the
Church of Norway in
Vindafjord Municipality
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in
Rogaland county,
Norway
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. It is located in the village of
Imslandsjøen. It is the church for the Imsland
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one o ...
which is part of the
Haugaland prosti
This list of churches in Rogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Rogaland county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Stavanger. The diocese is based at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger.
The list ...
(
deanery) in the
Diocese of Stavanger
The Diocese of Stavanger ( no, Stavanger bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers all of Rogaland county in western Norway. The cathedral city is Stavanger, where the Stavanger Cathedral is located. The bishop is Anne Li ...
. The white, wooden church was built in a
long church style in 1861 using designs by the
architect
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Hans Linstow
Hans Ditlev Franciscus (Frants) von Linstow (4 May 1787 – 10 June 1851) was a Danish/Norwegian architect who designed the Royal Palace in Oslo and much of the surrounding park and the street ''Karl Johans gate''.
Background
Hans Ditlev Franc ...
. The church seats about 260 people.
History
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
A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts ar ...
, 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 to the northeast of the old church. The following year, the old church was torn down and its materials were sold at auction.
See also
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List of churches in Rogaland
This list of churches in Rogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Rogaland county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Stavanger. The diocese is based at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger.
The list ...
References
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Vindafjord
Churches in Rogaland
Wooden churches in Norway
19th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1861
13th-century establishments in Norway