Loen Church
Loen Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Loen. It is the church for the Loen parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: Parish church in Loen, Stryn municipality, Norway
- Also known as: “Loen kyrkje”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hotel Alexandra.
Hotel Alexandra
Hotel
Photo: Axel Lindahl, Public domain.
Hotel Alexandra is a historic hotel in the village of Loen in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Hotel Alexandra is situated 660 metres west of Loen Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Olden and Loen.
Olden and Loen
Photo: Erik den yngre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Olden and Loen are neighbouring villages in Sogn og Fjordane. They are surrounded by high mountains, and at the fjord Nordfjord. The glacier Jostedalsbreen is not far away. The villages are on the shore of Nordfjord, some 8 km apart.
Loen Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Stryn, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.87154° or 61° 52′ 18″ northLongitude
6.8577° or 6° 51′ 28″ eastElevation
53 metres (174 feet)Inception
1837Operator
Stryn kyrkjelege fellesrådOpen location code
9FH8VVC5+J3OpenStreetMap ID
way 557505259OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Loen Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Loen Kirke”
- Finnish: “Loenin kirkko”
- German: “Kirche von Loen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loen kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loen kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loen kyrkje”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loen kyrkjestad”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loen kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Loen kirke”
- Swedish: “Loen kyrka”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loen Church”. Photo: Peter Van den Bossche, CC BY-SA 2.0.