Sjernarøy Church

Sjernarøy Church (Norwegian: Sjernarøy kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Kyrkjøy in the Sjernarøyane islands. It is the church for the Sjernarøy parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1647 using designs by an unknown architect. The church seats about 160 people.^[1][2] The interior walls of the church are decorated with hand-painted rosemåling.

Sjernarøy Church
Sjernarøy kyrkje
View of the church
59.253978°N 5.815389°E / 59.253978; 5.815389
Location	Stavanger Municipality, Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	13th century
Consecrated	1647
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1647
Specifications
Capacity	160
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery	Tungenes prosti
Parish	Sjernarøy
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	85436

History

Side view of the church

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1280, but the church was not new that year. In the late 1630s or early 1640s, the old stave church was torn down.

In 1647, a new timber-framed church was completed on the same site. The church has a rectangular nave and a smaller chancel with a lower roof line and narrower width. A small sacristy was built on the north side of the chancel and a small entry porch was located on the west end of the nave. In 1956, a tower was added on the roof.^[3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Rogaland