St. Olaf’s Church

St. Olaf's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Balestrand in in the county of Vestland in . The church was built in 1897 as a stave church imitation and has 95 seats.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: Anglican church in Balestrand
  • Also known as: “Balestrand English Church”, “Engelskkyrkja”, “Englische Kirche (Balestrand)”, “St Olaf’s Church”, “St. Olaf’s Church, Balestrand”, and “The English Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Norwegian Museum of Travel and Tourism and Tjugum Church.

Museum
Photo: Reiselivsmuseum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a located in the village of Balestrand which is located in , Vestland county, . is situated 310 metres northeast of St. Olaf’s Church.

Church
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is a parish church of the Church of Norway in in Vestland county, . It is located just outside the village of Balestrand. is situated 1 km northeast of St. Olaf’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balestrand.

Photo: Nelson Minar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a former municipality in the old county, . The 429-square-kilometre municipality existed from 1850 until its dissolution in 2020.

St. Olaf’s Church

Latitude
61.2076° or 61° 12′ 27″ north
Longitude
6.53438° or 6° 32′ 4″ east
Open location code
9FH86G5M+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 231009156
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q2222086
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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“St. Olaf’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “St. Olafs Kirke”
  • German: “Sankt-Olav-Kirche”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Olafs kirke”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Olafs kyrkje”
  • Norwegian: “St. Olafs kirke”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Олафа”
  • Swedish: “St. Olafs kyrka, Balestrand”
  • Swedish: “St. Olafs kyrka”

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