Birkeland kirke, Bergen

Name: Birkeland kirke
Address: Hardangervegen 7, Bergen, 5224, Norway
Telephone: +47 55 36 22 80

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Birkeland Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Nesttun neighborhood of Fana in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Birkeland parish which is part of the Fana prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1878 using designs by the architect Giovanni Jacob Harbitz Müller. The church seats about 300 people. The church has a unique tower with an octagonal copper-clad steeple. ()

Alternative names: Completed: 1878 (146 years ago)Capacity: 300Coordinates: 60°18'57"N, 5°21'23"E

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Hardangervegen 7Fana (Nesttun)Bergen 5224 Norway

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+47 55 36 22 80

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