Bokn Church

Bokn Church
Bokn kirke

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Bokn Church
Location in Rogaland county
Bokn Church
Location in Rogaland county
59°13′26″N 5°26′25″E / 59.2238°N 5.4404°E / 59.2238; 5.4404Coordinates: 59°13′26″N 5°26′25″E / 59.2238°N 5.4404°E / 59.2238; 5.4404
Location Bokn, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hans Linstow
Completed 1847
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bokn
Deanery Haugaland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Bokn Church (Norwegian: Bokn kirke) is a parish church in Bokn municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Føresvik. The church is part of the Bokn parish in the Haugaland deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in 1847 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people. There has been a church on this site since the middle ages. The first church here was probably a stave church. The present church is probably the third church on the site.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bokn kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-10-27.



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