Tveit Church () is a

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of the

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Askøy Municipality Askøy is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county, sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen, which is the country's second mos ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Tveitevåg Tveitevåg is a village in Askøy municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The village is located along the Hauglandsosen bay on the western coast of the island of Askøy Askøy is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, ...

on the western side of the island of

Askøy Askøy is a Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The island municipality is located in the Midhordland district of the county, sitting in a large group of islands immediately northwest of the city of Bergen, which i ...

. It is the church for the Tveit

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which is part of the Vesthordland 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, wooden church was built in a

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design in 2017 using plans drawn up by the

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ural firm ''Tippetue arkitekter'' from

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. The church seats about 500 people.

History

The first church at Tveitevåg was built in 1957. The white, wooden church was built in a

style using designs by the

s Torgeir Alvsaker and Einar Vaardal-Lunde. Oskar Edvardsen was the lead builder for the project. The church seated about 300 people. It was

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d on 5 May 1957. The

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was and the

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was . Over time, the church was too small for the parish, so it was torn down in 2016 and a new, larger church was completed in 2017 and consecrated on 20 August 2017. The new church has a similar design to the old church, but it is wider and longer.

References

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History

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