Hålandsdal Church


Hålandsdal Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eide in the Hålandsdal valley. It is one of the churches for the Fusa parish which is part of the Fana prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1890 using designs by the architect Karl Hansen Askeland. The church seats about 250 people.

History

This church was built to replace the Old Hålandsdal Church located about to the northwest of this site. This new church was completed in 1890 and was consecrate on 20 November 1890 by the Bishop Fredrik Hvoslef. After this church was opened, the Old Hålandsdal Church was renamed Holdhus Church and it was closed and later converted to a museum. The old church served the Hålandsdalen valley from the 14th century until 1890.