Bore Church

Bore Church (Norwegian: Bore kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Klepp Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bore. It is the church for the Bore parish which is part of the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1891 using designs by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The church seats about 165 people.[1][2]

Bore Church
Bore kyrkje
View of the church
58.794956°N 05.598738°E / 58.794956; 05.598738
LocationKlepp Municipality,
Rogaland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded12th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1891 (1891)
Specifications
Capacity165
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishBore
DeaneryJæren prosti
DioceseStavanger bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID83925

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1322, but the church was not new at that time. It was likely built towards the end of the 12th-century as there is a preserved baptismal font from that time that is still in existence. The first church was a stave church that was located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) southwest of the present site of the church. In 1640, the church was torn down and replaced with a timber-framed long church. In 1895, a new church and cemetery was constructed about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the northeast. After the new church was completed, the old church was torn down and its cemetery was closed.[3][4]

  • Side view
  • Front entrance
  • Old site of the church (prior to 1895)

See also

References
  1. "Bore kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Bore gamle kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. "Bore kirkested / Bore kirke 3" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

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