Bø Church (Hyllestad)


Bø Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hyllestad Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leirvik. It is one of the three churches for the Hyllestad parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1868 using designs by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 200 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1340, but the church was not new that year. The old church was likely a stave church. It was torn down at the end of the 16th century and a new church was built on the same site during the 1590s.
In 1686, the church was described as a beautiful little timber-framed church with a nave, a choir, and tower with a tarred exterior. In 1868, the church was torn down and a new church was built on the same site. The new church was consecrated on 29 November 1868.