| Avaldsnes Church | |
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| Avaldsnes kirke | |
 View of the church | |
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| 59°21′21″N 5°17′30″E / 59.35591°N 5.291558°E | |
| Location | Karmøy Municipality, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 11th century |
| Dedication | Saint Olav |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Groundbreaking | c. 1250 |
| Completed | 1320 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 400 |
| Length | 47 metres (154 ft) |
| Choir length | 11.5 metres (38 ft) |
| Width | 13.5 metres (44 ft) |
| Materials | Stone, wooden roof |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
| Deanery | Karmøy prosti |
| Parish | Avaldsnes |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 83833 |
Avaldsnes Church (Norwegian: Avaldsnes kirke, formally St. Olav's Church at Avaldsnes, Norwegian: St Olavskirken på Avaldsnes) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Avaldsnes on the northern part of the island of Karmøy. It is the church for the Avaldsnes parish which is part of the Karmøy prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The medieval stone church was built in a long church design by an unknown architect. The first church located here was likely built before the year 1024 on the site of Avaldsnes Kongsgård estate. The present stone church was built in 1250. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2][3][4]
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- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Avaldsnes kirke". Haugesund Today. Archived from the original on 10 November 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ "Olavskirken". Avaldsnes. Retrieved 1 September 2020.