Lygra church

There has been a church at Lygra since the Middle Ages. The current church dates from 1892. It occupies an elevated, open position with views over the shipping lane and Lygra’s distinctive heathland landscape. The church is located right next to the key site of Kongsgarden at Lygra / the Heathland Centre (Lyngheisenteret).

Lygra Church

Lygra is one of the medieval church sites in Nordhordland. The church was built near the old farmyard of the large Lygra estate, commanding an open view of the fjord and the surrounding landscape. A church here is first mentioned in written sources in 1321. Six years later, Lygra Church was recorded as an annex church to Lindås. Annex churches without their own resident priest became common only following the Black Death and the population loss after 1350. Consequently, the reason why the church at Lygra lacked a priest in 1327 remains somewhat uncertain. The church is listed as a parish church in the *Bergens Kalvskinn* land register—compiled likely in the 1350s—so we must assume there was a priest here at an earlier time. Lygra is likely among the oldest church sites in the district. You can find more information about the church on Digitalt Museum here: https://digitaltmuseum.no/011085442760/lygra-kyrkje