Avaldsnes Church (Norwegian: Avaldsnes kirke, formally St. Olav's Church at Avaldsnes, Norwegian: St Olavskirken på Avaldsnes) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Avaldsnes on the northern part of the island of Karmøy. It is the church for the Avaldsnes parish which is part of the Karmøy prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The medieval stone church was built in a long church design by an unknown architect. The first church located here was likely built before the year 1024 on the site of Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate. The present stone church was built in 1250. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2][3][4]
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AvaldsnesChurch (Norwegian: Avaldsnes kirke, formally St. Olav's Church at Avaldsnes, Norwegian: St Olavskirken på Avaldsnes) is a parish church of the...
the AvaldsnesChurch are two notable historic sites in Avaldsnes. The village was the administrative centre of the old municipality of Avaldsnes which...
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Seascape. The Coast of the Island of Rügen in Evening Light (1818) AvaldsnesChurch (1820) The Eruption of Vesuvius (1826) Winter at the Sognefjord (1827)...
Lille Frøen AS. The church seats about 500 people. The people of the Kopervik area historically went to church at AvaldsnesChurch, but as the area gained...
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lutherske forsamling, Avaldsnes St Lukas forsamling, Stavanger "Lutheran Confessional Church of Sweden". "Lutheran Confessional Church of Sweden". "Historia"...
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