Bjoa Church
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LocationVindafjord Municipality, Rogaland
CountryNorway
| Bjoa Church | |
|---|---|
| Bjoa kyrkje | |
 View of the church | |
 Bjoa Church | |
| 59°39′54″N 5°38′40″E / 59.664950°N 5.644399°E | |
| Location | Vindafjord Municipality, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | Middle Ages |
| Consecrated | 1895 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect | Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Style | Neo-Gothic |
| Completed | 1895 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 250 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
| Deanery | Haugaland prosti |
| Parish | Ølen og Bjoa |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Not protected |
| ID | 83898 |
Bjoa Church (Norwegian: Bjoa kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vindafjord Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjoa. It is one of the two churches for the Ølen og Bjoa parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design and in a neo-Gothic style in 1895 using designs by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]
