Skånevik Church


Skånevik Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Etne Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skånevik. It is one of the churches for the Skånevik parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1900 using designs by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The church seats about 400 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1340, but the church was not new at that time. The first church here was a stave church and it was in use until 1683 when it was demolished and replaced by a timber-framed church. The new church was built by Olle Bysemb and Erich Fyllingsnes. It was remodeled in 1857. In 1900, a new church was built about north of the old church. A few months after the new church was completed, the older church was demolished. The new church was consecrated on 31 August 1900.