Skjoldastraumen Church | |
Fullname: | Skjoldastraumen kyrkje |
Coordinates: | 59.4321°N 5.6144°W |
Location: | Tysvær Municipality, Rogaland |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Stavanger bispedømme |
Parish: | Nedstrand |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1910 |
Consecrated Date: | 1910 |
Architect: | Einar Halleland |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Capacity: | 295 |
Skjoldastraumen Church (Norwegian: Skjoldastraumen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tysvær Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjoldastraumen. It is one of the two churches for the Nedstrand 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 1910 using designs by the architect Einar Halleland from Haugesund. The church seats about 295 people.[1] [2]