Valebø Church

Valebø Church (Norwegian: Valebø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valebø. It is one of the churches for the Gjerpen parish which is part of the Skien prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1903 using plans drawn up by the architects H. Lie and A. Sigvartsen. The church seats about 150 people.[1][2]

Valebø Church
Valebø kirke
View of the church
59°18′47″N 9°19′51″E
LocationSkien Municipality,
Vestfold og Telemark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1903
Consecrated24 June 1903
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)H. Lie
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1903 (1903)
Specifications
Capacity150
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeanerySkien prosti
ParishGjerpen
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85744

History

Historically, the Valebø area was part of the Romnes Church parish, but in 1867, the church was closed after a new, larger Holla Church was opened. The people of Valebø then had a much longer journey to church. The parish opened a cemetery in Valebø soon after this, but it was not until around 1900 when permission was given to build an annex chapel in Valebø. It was designed by H. Lie and built by builder Svend Sigurdsen in 1902–1903. The new building was consecrated on 24 June 1903 (midsummer day). The wooden timber-framed long church with a church porch and bell tower on the west end a chancel in the east that has a half-octagon shaped apse. Around the turn of the 21st century, the church was made into a parish church and it was then renamed Valebø Church (instead of the historic name Valebø Chapel).[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Valebø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. "Valebø kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. "Valebø kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.

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