Bokn Church

Bokn Church
Bokn kirke
View of the church
Bokn Church Location in Rogaland county Bokn Church Location in Rogaland county
59°13′26″N 5°26′25″E / 59.2238°N 5.4404°ECoordinates: 59°13′26″N 5°26′25″E / 59.2238°N 5.4404°E
Location	Bokn, Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Hans Linstow
Completed	1847
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Bokn
Deanery	Haugaland prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Stavanger

Bokn Church (Norwegian: Bokn kirke) is a parish church in Bokn municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Føresvik. The church is part of the Bokn parish in the Haugaland deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in 1847 using plans by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people. There has been a church on this site since the middle ages. The first church here was probably a stave church. The present church is probably the third church on the site.^[1][2]

See also

• List of churches in Rogaland

References

1. "Bokn kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-10-27.