Store-Kalsøy Chapel


Store-Kalsøy Chapel is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Austevoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bakkasund on the island of Stora Kalsøy in the northwestern part of the municipality. It is one of the five churches for the Austevoll parish which is part of the Fana prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1975 using designs by the architect Einar Vaardal-Lunde from Bergen. The church seats about 250 people.

History

The first chapel was built here in 1892 and it was consecrated on 30 June 1892. The architect was Hans Heinrich Jess from the nearby city of Bergen. That chapel burned down on 18 September 1974. A new chapel was immediately commissioned and it was completed in 1975. The new, brown, wooden church was consecrated on 19 December 1976. The church seats about 250 people.