Mjømna Church ( no, Mjømna kyrkje) is a

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of the

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Gulen Municipality is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes ...

Vestland Vestland is a county in Norway established on 1 January 2020. The county is located in Western Norway and it is centred around the city of Bergen, Norway's second largest city. The administrative centre of the county is the city of Bergen, where t ...

county,

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. It is located in the village of

Mjømna Mjømna is a village in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of ...

on the island of

. It is the church for the Mjømna

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which is part of the Nordhordland prosti (

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) in the

Diocese of Bjørgvin The Diocese of Bjørgvin ( no, Bjørgvin bispedømme) is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway. It includes all of the churches located in the county of Vestland in Western Norway. The cathedral city is Bergen, Norway's second ...

. The white, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1901 using plans drawn up by the

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and head builder Anders Korsvold from Gulen. The church seats about 310 people.

History

The new parish of Mjømna was established by Royal Decree of 23 June 1900, separating from the main parish of Gulen. This happened after many years of demands for a new church by the people living in the island region of Gulen. Those residents had a long journey to

Gulen Church Gulen Church ( no, Gulen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gulen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eivindvik. It is the church for the Gulen parish which is part of the Nordhordland prost ...

and they strongly desired a church closer to them. The church was

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d on 5 November 1901 by the Bishop

Johan Willoch Erichsen Johan Willoch Erichsen (15 February 1842 – 22 August 1916) was a Norwegian bishop and theologian in the Church of Norway. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Bjørgvin from 1899 until shortly before his death in 1916. Life and family Erichse ...

. In 1973, a small addition was built containing a bathroom and storage area.

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