Utsira Church
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LocationUtsira Municipality, Rogaland
CountryNorway
| Utsira Church | |
|---|---|
| Utsira kirke | |
 View of the church | |
 Utsira Church | |
| 59°18′34″N 4°52′58″E / 59.309451°N 4.88278°E | |
| Location | Utsira Municipality, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | Middle Ages |
| Consecrated | 1785 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1785 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
| Deanery | Haugaland prosti |
| Parish | Utsira |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 85734 |
Utsira Church (Norwegian: Utsira kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Utsira Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Utsira. It is the church for the Utsira parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1785 using designs by an unknown architect. The church seats about 100 people.[1][2]
