Førre Church | |
Fullname: | Førre kyrkje |
Coordinates: | 59.4243°N 5.3809°W |
Location: | Tysvær Municipality, Rogaland |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Stavanger bispedømme |
Parish: | Førresfjorden |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1893 |
Consecrated Date: | 19 Sept 1893 |
Architect: | Tjerand T. Solheim |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Capacity: | 350 |
Førre Church (Norwegian: Førre kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysvær Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Førre. It is one of the two churches for the Førresfjorden parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1893 using designs by the architect Tjerand T. Solheim. The church seats about 350 people.[1] [2] The church was consecrated on 19 September 1893.[3]