Os Church (Vestland)


Os Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bjørnafjorden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Osøyro. It is one of the two churches for the Os 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 1870 using designs by the architect Ole Vangberg. The church seats about 600 people.

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1306, but the church was already built in that year. The first church on this site was probably a stave church. That church was torn down and replaced in 1624 by a timber-framed building. In 1869, that church was torn down and a new church was built just to the southwest of the old church. There are several artifacts in the present church that are from some of the previous churches including the baptismal font, candlesticks, church bell, and pulpit.

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