Hålandsdal Church () is a

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of the

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Bjørnafjorden Municipality Bjørnafjorden is a fjord in Vestland county, Norway. It runs through the municipalities of Austevoll, Bjørnafjorden, and Tysnes. The large island of Tysnesøya (and many small, surrounding islands such as Reksteren) lie along the south side ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of Eide in the

Hålandsdal Hålandsdal is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1903 until 1964. It encompassed the eastern part of what is now Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Ves ...

valley. It is one of the churches for the Fusa

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which is part of the

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(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1890 using plans drawn up by the

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Karl Hansen Askeland. The church seats about 250 people.

History

This church was built to replace the Old Hålandsdal Church located about to the northwest of this site. Karl Askeland was hired as the architect and lead builder. The building had a

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that measures about and a

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that measures about . This new church was completed in 1890 and was

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on 20 November 1890 by the Bishop Fredrik Hvoslef. After this church was opened, the Old Hålandsdal Church was renamed

Holdhus Church Holdhus Church (; historically called ) is a former parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Holdhus. Although it is no longer regularly used, it is one of the ...

and it was closed and later converted to a museum. The old church served the Hålandsdalen valley from the 14th century until 1890 when the new church was opened. The new Hålandsdal Church was remodeled in 1978 and the

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under the tower was enlarged to add bathrooms and storage as well as a larger entrance area.

References

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History

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