Kinn Church

Kinn Church is a medieval stone church with a rectangular nave and choir at the right end, built between 1150 and 1200. In 1868-69 the church was altered, including larger windows and a less steep roof angle, but these changes were reversed in 1911-12, when the porch was also destroyed and subsequently rebuilt.

About this building

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Key Features

  • Architecture
  • Monuments
  • Links to national heritage

Other nearby buildings

Florø kyrkje

Florø Church is a long wooden church built in 1882 and designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. Before the church was built, the town's inhabitants had to make the long 16-kilometre sea journey to the old Kinn Church on the island of Kinn to attend church services.

Stavang Church

Stavang Church is a long church dating from 1957. The architect of the church was Ole Halvorsen. The new church replaces a wooden church from 1873 which burned down on Christmas Day 1951. The old church was designed by Christian Christie and is very similar to the Kyrkjebø church in Sogn.

Frøya Church

Frøya Church is a wooden church from 1865 designed by the painter Anders Askevold.