List of churches in Bjørgvin

Map of Church of Norway deaneries in Vestland county, Norway

The list of churches in Bjørgvin is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Bjørgvin which includes all of Vestland county in Norway. The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches are divided by municipalities each of which has their own church council (fellesråd) and then into parishes (sokn) which have their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish may have one or more local church.^[1]

Historically, the diocese has had many deaneries, but the number of deaneries has been reduced in recent years. The Laksevåg deanery (created in 1990) in Bergen was dissolved in 2013 and its churches were divided between the Bergen domprosti and the Fana prosti. Also in 2013, the old Ytre Sogn prosti was dissolved. The old deanery included Gulen, Solund, Hyllestad, Høyanger, Balestrand, and Vik municipalities. The municipalities of Gulen and Solund were transferred to the Nordhordland prosti, which includes the northern municipalities in the old Hordaland county. Hyllestad and Høyanger were transferred to Sunnfjord prosti, and Balestrand and Vik were transferred to Indre Sogn prosti and it was renamed Sogn deanery.^[2]

In 2014, the Midhordland prosti was dissolved and its churches were divided between Fana prosti and Hardanger og Voss prosti.^[3]^[4] Also in 2014, the parishes in nearby Osterøy Municipality were transferred from Nordhordland prosti to the Arna og Åsane prosti.^[5] At that time, its name could have been changed to "Arna, Åsane and Osterøy deanery" but that was considered to be too long a name. In 2015, the Norwegian Department of Culture changed the name to Åsane prosti.^[6]

In 2017, the diocese created a new deanery called Bergensdalen prosti to help relieve the work in the large deaneries in the city of Bergen.

Bergen domprosti[]

This arch-deanery covers the central part of the city of Bergen. The deanery is headquartered at the Bergen Cathedral in the city of Bergen in Bergen Municipality. In 1990, the domprosti was split into four deaneries: Arna og Åsane prosti in the northeast, Fana prosti in the south part of the city, Laksevåg prosti in the west part of the city, and Bergen domprosti in the city centre. In 2013, parts of the old Laksevåg prosti (which was dissolved) were moved back into this deanery.^[3]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Bergen	Bergen domkirke	Bergen Cathedral	Bergen	begun ca. 1250
		Church of the Cross	Bergen	late 12th century
		St. Jacob's Church	Nygård	1921
		St. George's Hospital Church	Bergen	1702
		St. John's Church	Sydnes	1894
		St. Maria's Church	Bergenhus	after 1140
		New Church	Nordnes	1763
	Laksevåg	Laksevåg Church	Laksevåg	1875
	Loddefjord	Loddefjord Church	Loddefjord	1926
	Nygård	Nygård Church	Gravdal	1972
	Olsvik	Olsvik Church	Olsvik	1990
	Sandviken	Sandvik Church	Sandviken	1881

Nordfjord prosti[]

This deanery covers several municipalities in northern part of the diocese. The deanery is headquartered at Eid Church in the village of Nordfjordeid in Stad Municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Bremanger	Berle	Berle Church	Berle	1977
	Bremanger	Bremanger Church	Bremanger	1914
	Davik	Davik Church	Davik	1886
	Frøya	Frøya Church	Kalvåg	1865
	Midtgulen	Midtgulen Church	Midtgulen	1904
	Midtgulen	Svelgen Chapel	Svelgen	1960
	Rugsund	Rugsund Church	Rugsund	1838
	Ålfoten	Ålfoten Church	Ålfoten	1678
Gloppen	Breim	Breim Church	Re	1886
	Gloppen^[7]	Gimmestad Church	Gimmestad	1910
		Old Gimmestad Church	Gimmestad	1692
		Sandane Church	Sandane	1997
		Vereide Church	Vereide	1200
	Hyen	Hyen Church	Straume	1876
Kinn	Nord-Vågsøy	Nord-Vågsøy Church	Raudeberg	1960
	Sør-Vågsøy	Sør-Vågsøy Church	Måløy	1907
	*Note: There are more churches in Kinn Municipality that are part of the Sunnfjord prosti.
Stad	Eid	Eid Church	Nordfjordeid	1849
	Eid	Heggjabygda Church	Heggjabygda	1936
	Ervik	Ervik Church	Ervik	1970
	Kjølsdalen	Kjølsdalen Church	Kjølsdalen	1940
	Leikanger	Leikanger Church	Leikanger	1866
	Selje	Selje Church	Selje	1866
	Stårheim	Stårheim Church	Stårheim	1864
	Totland	Totland Church	Totland	1912
Stryn	Innvik	Innvik Church	Innvik	1822
	Loen	Loen Church	Loen	1837
	Nordsida	Nordsida Church	Roset	1973
	Nedstryn	Nedstryn Church	Nedstryn	1859
	Olden	Olden Church	Olden	1934
		Old Olden Church	Olden	1759
		Ljosheim Chapel	Mykløy in Oldedalen	1924
	Oppstryn	Oppstryn Church	Oppstryn	1863
	Randabygd	Randabygd Church	Randabygda	1916
	Utvik	Utvik Church	Utvik	1840

Sunnfjord prosti[]

This deanery covers several municipalities in the north-central part of the diocese. The deanery is headquartered at Førde Church in the town of Førde in Sunnfjord Municipality. In 2013, the churches in Hyllestad and Høyanger were transferred to this deanery when Ytre Sogn prosti was split up.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Askvoll	Askvoll	Askvoll Church	Askvoll	1863
		Bulandet Chapel	Kjempeneset in Bulandet	1905
		Holmedal Church	Holmedal	1868
		Kvammen Chapel	Kvammen	1977
		Stongfjorden Chapel	Stongfjorden	1908
		Vilnes Church	on Atløyna	1674
		Værlandet Chapel	Værøy in Værlandet	1960
Fjaler	Fjaler	Dale Church	Dale	1864
		Folkestad Chapel	Våge	1913
		Guddal Church	Guddal	1686
		Hellevik Chapel		1978
Kinn	Bru	Askrova Chapel	Askrova	1957
	Bru	Stavang Church	Stavang	1957
	Eikefjord	Eikefjord Church	Eikefjord	1812
	Kinn	Batalden Chapel	Fanøya	1907
		Florø Church	Florø	1882
		Kinn Church	Kinn	12th century
	Nordal	Nordal Church	Norddalsfjord	1898
	*Note: There are more churches in Kinn Municipality that are part of the Nordfjord prosti.
Hyllestad	Hyllestad	Bø Church	Bø	1868
		Hyllestad Church	Hyllestad	1879
		Øn Church	Sørbøvågen	1958
Høyanger	Bjordal og Ortnevik	Bjordal Church	Bjordal	1906
	Bjordal og Ortnevik	Ortnevik Church	Ortnevik	1925
	Høyanger	Høyanger Church	Høyanger	1960
	Kyrkjebø	Kyrkjebø Church	Kyrkjebø	1869
	Kyrkjebø	Vadheim Chapel	Vadheim	1916
	Lavik	Lavik Church	Lavik	1865
Sunnfjord	Førde	Førde Church	Førde	1885
	Gaular	Bygstad Church	Bygstad	1845
		Hestad Chapel	Hestad	1805
		Sande Church	Sande	1864
		Viksdalen Church	Vik	1848
	Helgheim	Helgheim Church	Helgheim	1877
	Holsen og Haukedalen	Holsen Church	Holsen	1861
	Holsen og Haukedalen	Haukedalen Church	Haukedalen	1885
	Naustdal	Naustdal Church	Naustdal	1891
	Vevring	Vevring Church	Indrevevring	1846
	Ålhus	Vassenden Church	Vassenden	2002
	Ålhus	Ålhus Church	Ålhus	1795

Sogn prosti[]

This deanery covers several municipalities in east-central part of the county. The deanery is headquartered at Stedje Church in the village of Sogndalsfjøra in Sogndal Municipality. In 2013, the old Ytre Sogn prosti (outer Sogn) was dissolved and the churches in Balestrand and Vik municipalities were transferred to this deanery. At the same time, this deanery's name was changed from Indre Sogn prosti (inner Sogn) to simply Sogn prosti.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Aurland	Flåm	Flåm Church	Flåm	1670
	Nærøy	Bakka Church	Bakka	1859
	Undredal	Undredal Stave Church	Undredal	1147
	Vangen	Vangen Church	Aurlandsvangen	1280
Luster	Dale	Dale Church	Luster	1240
	Fet og Joranger	Fet Church		1894
	Fet og Joranger	Joranger Church		1660
	Fortun	Fortun Church	Fortun (village)	1879
	Gaupne	Gaupne Church	Gaupne	1907
	Gaupne	Old Gaupne Church	Gaupne	1647
	Hafslo	Hafslo Church	Hafslo	1878
	Hafslo	Veitastrond Chapel	Veitastrond	1928
	Jostedal	Jostedal Church	Jostedalen	1660
	Nes	Nes Church	Nes	1836
	Solvorn	Solvorn Church	Solvorn	1883
	Solvorn	Urnes Stave Church	Ornes	1130
Lærdal	Borgund	Borgund Church	Borgund	1868
	Borgund	Borgund Stave Church	Borgund	1150
	Hauge	Hauge Church	Lærdalsøyri	1869
	Tønjum	Tønjum Church	Tønjum	1832
Sogndal	Balestrand	Kvamsøy Church	Kvamsøy	1300
		Sæle Church	Sæle	1903
		Tjugum Church	Tjugum	1863
	Fjærland	Fjærland Church	Fjærland	1861
	Kaupanger	Kaupanger Stave Church	Kaupanger	1140
	Leikanger	Leikanger Church	Leikanger	1166
	Norum	Ølmheim Church	Nornes	1863
	Stedje	Stedje Church	Sogndalsfjøra	1867
Vik	Arnafjord	Arnafjord Church	Arnafjord	1645
	Feios	Feios Church	Feios	1866
	Fresvik	Fresvik Church	Fresvik	1881
	Vangsnes	Vangsnes Church	Vangsnes	1861
	Vik	Vik Church	Vikøyri	1877
		Hove Church	Vikøyri	c. 1170
		Hopperstad Stave Church	Vikøyri	c. 1130
Årdal	Nedre Årdal	Årdal Church	Årdalstangen	1867
Årdal	Øvre Årdal	Farnes Church	Øvre Årdal	1970

Nordhordland prosti[]

This deanery covers several municipalities in west-central part of the county. The deanery is headquartered at Alversund Church hain the village of Isdalstø in Alver Municipality. The churches in the municipalities of Gulen and Solund in the old Sogn og Fjordane county were moved into this deanery in 2013 when the old Ytre Sogn prosti in Sogn og Fjordane county was dissolved.^[8]^[2] In 2014, the churches in Osterøy Municipality were transferred from here to the neighboring Arna og Åsane prosti.^[5]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Alver	Knarvik	Alversund Church	Alversund	1879
		Knarvik Church	Knarvik	2014
		Lygra Church	Luro	1892
		Seim Church	Seim	1878
	Lindås	Hundvin Church	Hundvin	1936
		Lindås Church	Lindås	1865
		Myking Church		1861
	Meland	Meland Church	Meland	1866
	Osterfjorden	Ostereidet Church	Ostereidet	1988
	Osterfjorden	Vike Church		1891
	Radøy	Hordabø Church	Bøvågen	1875
		Manger Church	Manger	1891
		Sæbø Church	Sæbø	1883
		Emigrant Church, Sletta	Sletta	1997
Austrheim	Austrheim	Austrheim Church	Austrheim	1865
Fedje	Fedje	Fedje Church	Fedje	1941
Gulen	Brekke	Brekke Church	Brekke	1862
	Gulen	Gulen Church	Eivindvik	1863
	Mjømna	Mjømna Church	Mjømna	1901
Masfjorden	Masfjorden	Frøyset Church		1937
		Sandnes Church	Masfjordnes	1845
		Solheim Church		1881
Modalen	Modalen	Mo Church	Mo	1883
Solund	Solund	Hersvik Church	Hersvikbygda	1892
		Husøy Church	Kolgrov	1896
		Solund Church	Hardbakke	1869

Åsane prosti[]

This deanery covers the northern/eastern part of the city of Bergen and the neighboring municipality of Osterøy in the central part the county. The deanery is headquartered at Åsane Church in the borough of Åsane in the city of Bergen. The deanery was created in 1990 when it was split off from the Bergen domprosti. Originally it was named Arna og Åsane prosti. In 2014, the churches from Osterøy Municipality were transferred to this deanery from Nordhordland prosti deanery. After that, the name of the deanery was shortend to simply Åsane prosti.^[3]^[4]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Bergen	Arna	Arna Church	Indre Arna	1865
	Arna	Takvam Chapel	Takvam	1912
	Biskopshavn	Biskopshavn Church		1966
	Eidsvåg	Eidsvåg Church	Eidsvåg	1982
	Salhus	Salhus Church	Salhus	1924
	Ytre Arna	Ytre Arna Church	Ytre Arna	1899
	Åsane	Åsane Church	Åsane	1993
	Åsane	Old Åsane Church	Åsane	1795
Osterøy	Bruvik	Bruvik Church	Bruvik	1867
	Gjerstad	Gjerstad Church	Gjerstad	1870
	Hamre	Hamre Church	Hamre	1622
	Haus	Haus Church	Hausvik	1874
	Hosanger	Hosanger Church	Hosanger	1796

Bergensdalen prosti[]

This deanery covers the south-central part os the city of Bergen. This deanery was created in 2017 when parts of the Bergen domprosti and Fana prosti were split off to create this new deanery.^[9]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Bergen	Bønes	Bønes Church	Bønestoppen	2009
	Fridalen	Fridalen Church	Minde	1985
	Fyllingsdalen	Fyllingsdalen Church	Fyllingsdalen	1976
	Landås	Landås Church	Landås	1966
	Løvstakksiden	St. Marcus Church	Løvstakksiden	1939
	Løvstakksiden	Solheim Church	Solheimsviken	1956
	Slettebakken	Slettebakken Church	Slettebakken	1970
	Storetveit	Storetveit Church		1930
	Sælen	Sælen Church	Sælen	2001
	Årstad	Årstad Church	Årstad	1890

Fana prosti[]

This deanery covers the southern part of the city of Bergen and the neighboring municipalities of Bjørnafjorden and Austevoll in the west-central part of the county. The deanery is headquartered at Fana Church in the borough of Fana in the city of Bergen.

The deanery was established in 1990 when it was split off from the old Midhordland prosti. In 2013, the old Laksevåg prosti was split up and the Fyllingsdalen and Sælen parishes were transferred to Fana prosti.^[3] In 2014, the old Midhordland prosti was dissolved and split up and the parishes in the municipalities of Os and Austevoll were transferred to Fana.^[4] In 2017, the churches from Fusa Municipality were transferred here from the neighboring Hardanger og Voss prosti.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Austevoll	Austevoll	Austevoll Church	Storebø	1890
		Bekkjarvik Church	Bekkjarvik	1895
		Hundvåkøy Chapel	Austevollhella	1990
		Møkster Church	Kvalvåg on Stolmen	1892
		Store-Kalsøy Chapel	Bakkasund	1975
Bergen	Birkeland	Birkeland Church	Nesttun	1878
	Fana	Fana Church	Fanahammeren	1150
	Fana	Ytrebygda Church		2011
	Skjold	Skjold Church	Skjold	1998
	Søreide	Søreide Church		1973
Bjørnafjorden	Fusa	Fusa Church	Fusa	1961
		Holdhus Church	Holdhus	1726
		Hålandsdal Church	Eide	1890
		Strandvik Church	Strandvik	1857
		Sundvor Church		1927
	Os	Os Church	Osøyro	1870
	Os	Nore Neset Church	Hagavik	2000

Hardanger og Voss prosti[]

This deanery covers several municipalities in the southeastern part of the diocese. The deanery is headquartered at Voss Church in the village of Vossevangen in Voss Municipality. The municipalities of Fusa and Samnanger were moved to this deanery when the old Midhordland prosti was dissolved in 2014.^[4] In 2017, the churches in Fusa were transferred to the neighboring Fana prosti.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Eidfjord	Eidfjord	Eidfjord Church	Eidfjord	1981
Eidfjord	Eidfjord	Old Eidfjord Church	Eidfjord	1309
Kvam	Strandebarm	Strandebarm Church	Bru	1876
	Vikøy	Norheimsund Church	Norheimsund	1992
	Vikøy	Vikøy Church	Vikøy	1838
	Øystese	Øystese Church	Øystese	1868
	Ålvik	Ålvik Church	Ålvik	1962
Samnanger	Samnanger	Haga Church	Haga	1995
Samnanger	Samnanger	Samnanger Church	Årland	1851
Ullensvang	Jondal	Jondal Church	Jondal	1888
	Kinsarvik	Kinsarvik Church	Kinsarvik	1150
	Odda	Odda Church	Odda	1870
	Røldal	Røldal Stave Church	Røldal	1250
	Skare	Skare Church	Skare	1926
	Tyssedal	Tyssedal Church	Tyssedal	1965
	Ullensvang	Ullensvang Church	Lofthus	1250
	Utne	Utne Church	Utne	1895
Ulvik	Ulvik	Ulvik Church	Ulvik	1859
Vaksdal	Bergsdalen	Bergsdalen Church	Bergsdalen	1955
	Dale	Dale Church	Dale	1956
	Eksingedalen	Eksingedal Church	Flatkvål	1883
	Nesheim	Nesheim Church	Nesheim	1908
	Stamnes	Stamnes Church	Stamneshella	1861
	Vaksdal	Vaksdal Church	Vaksdal	1933
Voss	Evanger og Bolstad	Evanger Church	Evanger	1851
	Granvin	Granvin Church	Granvin	1726
	Oppheim	Oppheim Church		1871
	Raundalen	Raundalen Church	Raundalen	1921
	Vinje	Vinje Church	Vinje	1871
	Voss	Voss Church	Vossevangen	1277

Vesthordland prosti[]

This deanery covers the two island municipalities of Askøy and Øygarden in the west-central part of the diocese. The deanery is headquartered at Fjell Church in the village of Straume in Øygarden Municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Askøy	Ask	Ask Church	Ask	1908
	Erdal	Erdal Church	Erdal	2006
	Herdla	Herdla Church	Herdla	1863
	Strusshamn	Strusshamn Church	Strusshamn	1969
	Tveit	Tveit Church	Tveitevåg	1957
Øygarden	Fjell	Fjell Church	Fjell	1874
		Foldnes Church	Foldnes	2001
		Landro Church	Landro	1977
	Hjelme og Blomvåg	Blomvåg Church	Blomvåg	1931
		Hjelme Church	Seløyna	1971
		Old Hjelme Church	Seløyna	1875
	Sund	Kausland Church	Kausland	1881
	Sund	Sund Church	Klokkarvik	1997

Sunnhordland prosti[]

This deanery covers several municipalities in the southwestern part of the diocese. The deanery is headquartered at Stord Church in the town of Leirvik in Stord Municipality.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built
Bømlo	Bremnes	Bremnes Church	Svortland	1869
	Bømlo	Bømlo Church	Langevåg	1960
	Bømlo	Old Bømlo Church	Langevåg	1621
	Lykling	Lykling Church	Lykling	1912
	Moster	Moster Church	Mosterhamn	1874
	Moster	Old Moster Church	Moster	1100
Etne	Etne	Gjerde Church	Etnesjøen	1676
		Grindheim Church	Etnesjøen	1728
		Stødle Church	Etnesjøen	1160
	Skånevik	Skånevik Church	Skånevik	1900
	Skånevik	Fjæra Chapel	Fjæra	1913
Fitjar	Fitjar	Fitjar Church	Fitjar	1867
Kvinnherad	Fjelberg og Eid	Eid Church	Eidsvik	1824
	Fjelberg og Eid	Fjelberg Church	Fjelbergøya	1722
	Hatlestrand	Hatlestrand Church	Hatlestrand	1885
	Husnes og Holmedal	Holmedal Church	Utåker	1815
		Husnes Church	Husnes	1874
		Valen Church	Valen	1978
	Kvinnherad	Kvinnherad Church	Rosendal	1255
	Uskedalen	Uskedalen Church	Uskedal	1914
	Varaldsøy	Varaldsøy Church	Varaldsøy	1885
	Ænes	Ænes Church	Ænes	1200
	Ølve	Ølve Church	Ølve	1861
	Åkra	Åkra Church	Åkra	1735
Stord	Nysæter	Nysæter Church	Sagvåg	1991
Stord	Stord	Stord Church	Leirvik	1857
Sveio	Sveio	Sveio Church	Sveio	1858
	Valestrand og Førde	Førde Church	Førde	1938
		Valestrand Church	Valestrand	1873
		Valen Chapel	Valevåg	1707
Tysnes	Onarheim	Onarheim Church	Onarheim	1893
	Reksteren og Uggdal	Reksteren Church	Reksteren	1937
	Reksteren og Uggdal	Uggdal Church	Uggdal	1876
	Tysnes	Tysnes Church	Våge	1868

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