Bømlo Church () is a

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of the

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Bømlo Municipality Bømlo () is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnhordland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Svortland. Other villages in Bømlo in ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Langevåg Langevåg is the administrative center of Sula Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village is situated at the end of the road on the north side of the island of Sula, about northwest of the village of Mauseidvåg. The village ...

on the southern tip of the island of Bømlo. It is the main church for the Bømlo

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which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (

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) in the

Diocese of Bjørgvin The Diocese of Bjørgvin () 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, and those outside of Norway in the Seamen's Church. The cathedral cit ...

. The white concrete church was built in a

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design in 1960 using plans drawn up by the

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s Ole Halvorsen and Arne Halvorsen. The church seats about 500 people.

History

The Old Bømlo Church served the area for centuries and eventually it was deemed to be too small for the parish. In 1960, a new Bømlo Church was constructed about to the southwest of the old church site. The new church has a rectangular

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with a somewhat narrower

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to the south. The northern part of the nave contains an entrance hall with cloakroom, toilets, and stairs to the organ gallery on the second floor. On the west side of the

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is a priest's

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and on the east side of the choir is a

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. The new church was

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d on 10 April 1960 and it has since been the main church for the parish and the Old Bømlo Church is now only used for special occasions.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bomlo Church Bømlo Churches in Vestland Long churches in Norway Concrete churches in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1960 1960 establishments in Norway

History

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