Lygra Church
Lygra Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Luro. It is one of the four churches for the Knarvik parish which is part of the Nordhordland prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church building in Alver, Norway
- Also known as: “Lygra”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Heathland Centre and Emigrant Church.
The Heathland Centre
Museum
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The Heathland Centre is a museum, which is situated 1 km northwest of Lygra Church.
Emigrant Church
Museum
Photo: Desoda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Emigrant Church at Sletta is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Alver Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sletta, but it originally stood in Brampton Township in the state of North Dakota in the United States. Emigrant Church is situated 3½ km west of Lygra Church.
Lygra Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Alver Municipality, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
60.68876° or 60° 41′ 20″ northLongitude
5.11919° or 5° 7′ 9″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Inception
1892Operator
Lindås kyrkjelege fellesrådOpen location code
9FG7M4Q9+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 557505340OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Lygra Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Lygra Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه ليجرا”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lygra kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lygra kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lygra kyrkje”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lygra kyrkjestad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lygra kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Lygra kirke”
- Swedish: “Lygra kyrka”
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