Stord Church, Leirvik

Name: Stord Church
Address: Leirvik, Norway

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Stord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Leirvik on the southern side of the island of Stord. It is the church for the Stord parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1857 using plans drawn up by the architects Andreas Grønning and Frederik Hannibal Stockfleth. The church seats about 400 people. ()

Local name: Stord kirke Completed: 1857 (167 years ago)Capacity: 400Coordinates: 59°47'14"N, 5°30'40"E

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Leirvik Norway

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Stord Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Halsnøy Abbey, Stord Bridge, Bømla Bridge, Kristtornskogen Golfpark.

5 miE
Church, History museum, Museum
Halsnøy Abbey, Halsnøy
129 min walk • Halsnøy Abbey was a house of Augustinian Canons located on the island of Halsnøy on the Hardangerfjord at Kvinnherad in Vestland, Norway.
4.7 miSW
Bridge
Stord Bridge
119 min walk • The Stord Bridge is a suspension bridge which crosses Digernessundet between the islands of Stord and Føyno in Stord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
5.6 miSW
Bridge
Bømla Bridge
144 min walk • The Bømla Bridge is a suspension bridge which crosses Spissøysundet between the islands of Nautøy in Stord Municipality and Spissøy in Bømlo Municipality, Norway. The bridge is 998 meters long, has a main span of 577 meters and a clearance below of 36 meters.
1.7 miSW
59°45'58"N • 5°29'17"E
Kristtornskogen Golfpark, Stord Island
43 min walk • Golf
0.4 miSW
59°47'2"N • 5°30'2"E
Sunnhordland Museum, Leirvik
12 min walk • Museum
3.9 miW
Church
Nysæter Church, Stord Island
101 min walk • Nysæter Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sagvåg on the southwestern coast of the island of Stord. It is the church for the Nysæter parish which is part of the Sunnhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
0.8 miSW
59°46'42"N • 5°29'51"E
Stord kulturhus, Leirvik
20 min walk • Civic center, Entertainment, Library
5.1 miNE
Island
Huglo
129 min walk • Huglo is an island in Stord municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The 13.5-square-kilometre island lies in the Hardangerfjorden, just east of the large island of Stord and just south of Tysnesøy.
2.7 miSW
59°45'44"N • 5°27'10"E
Felleskjøpet, Stord Island
68 min walk • Shopping, Market