Gand Church

Gand Church
Gand kirke

View of the church
Gand Church
Location in Rogaland county
58°50′24″N 5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°E / 58.8401; 5.7142Coordinates: 58°50′24″N 5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°E / 58.8401; 5.7142
Location Sandnes, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 3 December 1978
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Tonning og Øglænd
Completed 1978
Specifications
Capacity 850
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Gand
Deanery Sandnes prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Gand Church (Norwegian: Gand kirke) is a parish church in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Sandved in the city of Sandnes. The church is part of the Gand parish in the Sandnes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large concrete church was built in 1978 using modern designs by the architect Tonning og Øglænd. The church, which seats about 850 people, was consecrated on 3 December 1978. The church cost about NOK 13.2 million, and it includes a large sanctuary, a chapel, office wing, Sunday school rooms, and two fellowship halls.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Gand kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-04-06.


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