The church of Sveio is a long church dating from 1858. The church is a wooden nave basilica with a west tower and a choir at the right end. Two churches stood earlier, about 250 metres west of the present church. An old Stave church mentioned in 1686 is said to have been built in the Middle Ages. This church was replaced in 1688 by a wooden church.
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Bømlo church is a building made of brick in 1960. The architects of the church are Ole and Arne Halvorsen.
Førde Church, built in 1938 and designed by Torgeir Alvsaker, is a long rectangular church with a single nave, with a choir lower and narrower than the nave. On the south side of the choir, there is a sacristy, and on the north side, there is a mortuary and a waiting room for baptisms. The church is built of plastered brick and has a partially constructed square tower in the west gable.
The old church of Bømlo was completed in 1621 but was rebuilt, among other things, in 1885 with larger windows, new doors and a new gallery. The modern church pews also date from 1885, but traces of the older pews can be found in the long walls.
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