Sandnes Church (Rogaland)

Sandnes Church
Sandnes kirke

View of the church
Sandnes Church
Location in Rogaland county
58°51′10″N 5°44′00″E / 58.8529°N 5.7334°E / 58.8529; 5.7334Coordinates: 58°51′10″N 5°44′00″E / 58.8529°N 5.7334°E / 58.8529; 5.7334
Location Sandnes, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff
Completed 1882
Specifications
Capacity 500
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Sandnes
Deanery Sandnes prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Sandnes Church (Norwegian: Sandnes kirke) is a parish church in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in borough of Trones og Sentrum in the city of Sandnes. The church is part of the Sandnes parish in the Sandnes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red, brick church was built in 1882 by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

History

The city of Sandnes was created from Høyland municipality in 1860, but the city was without a church for its first 22 years in existence. During that time, residents of Sandnes municipality (and parish) had to the nearby Høyland Church, located in outside of the city (and in a different parish). It wasn't until 1880 when the parish began to raise funds and construct the new church.

See also

References

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


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