Fusa Church


Fusa Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fusa. It is one of the churches for the Fusa parish which is part of the Fana prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1962 using designs by the architect Ole Halvorsen. The church seats about 350 people. It is the fourth church building to be built on this site.

History

The first church on this site was built in the Middle Ages, sometime before 1325, and it probably was a stave church. The church was torn down and replaced in the year 1600 by a timber-framed church. A new, larger church was built in 1861. The old church was torn down and its parts sold at auction.
On Sunday, 11 January 1959, shortly after the worship service, the church caught fire and burned to the ground. The church was immediately rebuilt and it was consecrated on 2 September 1962. In 2014, the church was transferred to the Hardanger og Voss prosti when the old Midhordland prosti was dissolved. In 2017, the church was transferred to the Fana prosti in anticipation of a municipal merger in 2020.