Landro Church Explained

Landro Church
Fullname:Landro kyrkje
Coordinates:60.4182°N 4.9722°W
Location:Øygarden, Vestland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Bjørgvin bispedømme
Parish:Fjell
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1977
Consecrated Date:11 Dec 1977
Architect:Aksel Fronth
Architectural Type:Rectangular
Materials:Concrete
Capacity:400

Landro Church (Norwegian: Landro kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Landro. It is one of the three churches for the Fjell parish which is part of the Vesthordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in a rectangular design in 1977 using plans drawn up by the architect Aksel Fronth. The church seats about 400 people.[1] [2]

History

In 1906, the village of Landro got a small prayer house. In 1923, the prayer house was consecrated for church use as an annex chapel. In 1974, Aksel Fronth was hired by the parish in order to design a church in Landro that would replace the small chapel. Fronth designed a square building with a roof like a pyramid. The new church was consecrated on 11 December 1977.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landro kyrkje, Vesthordland . 2020-05-26 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2020-05-26 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Landro kirke . 2021-11-04 . Norges-Kirker.no . Norwegian.
  4. Web site: Lidén . Hans-Emil . Landro kapell . Norges Kirker . Norwegian . 2021-11-04.