Moster Church

Moster Church
Moster kyrkje
View of the church
Moster Church
59°43′04″N 5°20′46″E
Location	Bømlo Municipality, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1874
Consecrated	1874
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect	Peter Andreas Blix
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1874 (1874)
Specifications
Capacity	365
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery	Sunnhordland prosti
Parish	Moster
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	110013

Moster Church (Norwegian: Moster kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bømlo Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Mosterhamn on the island of Moster. It is the church for the Moster parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1874 using plans drawn up by the architect Peter Andreas Blix. The church seats about 365 people. This church was built to replace the centuries-old Old Moster Church.

History

Original look of the church before the new entrance was constructed in 1974.

The Old Moster Church was used to serve the people of Moster for many centuries. By the mid-1800s, it was quite apparent that the old church was too old and small for the congregation. The parish hired Peter Andreas Blix to supply architectural drawings for the church. The new church was completed and consecrated in 1874. In 1974, the old church porch was torn down and replaced with a larger porch. In 1992, a small addition on the north side of the nave was built to provide a wheelchair ramp into the building.

See also

• List of churches in Bjørgvin