Lyse Chapel

Lyse Chapel (Norwegian: Lyse kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the eastern part of the large Sandnes Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the very small village of Lysebotn, at the end of the Lysefjorden. It is one of the two churches for the Forsand parish which is part of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1961 using designs by the architects Gustav Helland and Endre Årreberg. The church seats about 150 people.^[1][2][3]

Lyse Chapel
Lyse kapell
View of the church
59.058557°N 6.663248°E / 59.058557; 6.663248
Location	Sandnes Municipality, Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1961
Consecrated	28 May 1961
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Gustav Helland and Endre Årreberg
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1961
Specifications
Capacity	150
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery	Sandnes prosti
Parish	Forsand
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	84355

The church was consecrated on 28 May 1961 by the Bishop Fridtjov Birkeli. The church is not used often, since there are only about a dozen residents in the isolated village of Lysebotn. In 2009, the municipality of Forsand tried to close and sell the chapel, but they changed their mind due to the opposition of the residents.^[4]

The chapel was located in Forsand municipality until 1 January 2020 when it was merged into Sandnes Municipality.

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See also

• List of churches in Rogaland

References

1. "Lyse kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
3. "Lyse kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
4. Presthus, Øivind (30 March 2010). "Blir ikke solgt som fritidsbolig". NRK Rogaland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 February 2016.