Leikanger Church (Norwegian: Leikanger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leikanger, along the northern coast of the Sognefjorden. It is the church for the Leikanger parish which is part of the Sogn prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church has a large wooden steeple. The building was constructed in a long church design around the year 1250 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 220 people.[1][2]
^"Leikanger kyrkje, Leikanger". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
^"Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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LeikangerChurch (Norwegian: Leikanger kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sogndal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located...
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ready to use. LeikangerChurch (Herøy) was purchased by and relocated to a neighbouring parish some 80 km by boat. Some stave churches have also been...
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Voldsfjorden, Ørstafjorden, and Rovdefjorden. The village is home to LeikangerChurch. The 0.39-square-kilometre (96-acre) village has a population (2018)...
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of Vangsnes, Tjugum, and Mundal in the northwestern part of the large Leikanger municipality were separated to form the new municipality of Balestrand...
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Fiigenschoug's portrait of Erik Iversen Nordal, is painted. (It is located in LeikangerChurch, where Nordal served as priest from 1618 to 1658). The construction...
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