Ytre Arna Church

Church in Vestland, Norway

60°27′29″N 5°26′22″E / 60.458168679781°N 5.439426004886°E / 60.458168679781; 5.439426004886LocationBergen Municipality,
VestlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1899Consecrated5 Nov 1899ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Schak BullArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1899 (125 years ago) (1899)SpecificationsCapacity250MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseBjørgvin bispedømmeDeaneryÅsane prostiParishYtre Arna

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusListedID85890

Ytre Arna Church (Norwegian: Ytre Arna kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ytre Arna in the borough of Åsane. It is the church for the Ytre Arna parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1899 using plans drawn up by the architect Schak Bull. The church seats about 250 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The village of Ytre Arna had significant population growth starting in the middle of the 19th century when a factory was built in the village. Permission to build a church in Ytre Arna was granted by Royal Decree on 22 May 1897. The designs of the church were drawn by the architect Schak Bull, and the main builder was Peter Gabrielsen from Spjutøy in Lindås. The construction of the church was funded by the owner of the local factory, Jürgen Jebsen. The new church was completed in 1899 and it was consecrated on 5 November 1899. In 1949, the interior underwent a significant renovation led by architect Ole Landmark.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Ytre Arna kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "Ytre Arna kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ Lidén, Hans-Emil. "Ytre Arna kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "Ytre Arna kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 November 2021.