Foldnes Church

Foldnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Øygarden Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Foldnes, just north of the larger village of Straume, on the island of Litlesotra. It is one of the three churches for the Fjell parish which is part of the Vesthordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The modern-looking wood-and-leca church was built in a rectangular design in 2001 using plans drawn up by the architect Kolbjørn Jensen. The church seats about 700 people.

History

The new church at Foldnes was established in 2001. Planning for the church began in the 1990s. Jensen, from the firm architects' Signatur arkitekter, was hired to design the building. The church, consecrated on 22 April 2001, has been awarded a couple of architectural prizes: Fjell municipality's building prize in 2002 and the Bergen area masonry prize in 2003. A cemetery for the church was built about east of the church in 2012-2013.