Sandvik Church

Sandvik Church
Sandvikskirken / Sandviken kirke

View of the church
Sandvik Church
Location in Hordaland county
60°24′21″N 5°19′32″E / 60.4057°N 5.3255°E / 60.4057; 5.3255Coordinates: 60°24′21″N 5°19′32″E / 60.4057°N 5.3255°E / 60.4057; 5.3255
Location Bergen, Hordaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 30 December 1881
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Ernst Norgrenn and
Schak Bull
Style Neo-gothic
Completed 1881
Specifications
Capacity 500
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Sandviken
Deanery Bergen domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Bjørgvin

Sandvik Church (Norwegian: Sandvikskirken) is a parish church in Bergen municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. It is located in the Sandviken neighborhood in the city of Bergen. The church is part of the Sandvik parish in the Bergen arch-deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brown, stone church was built in 1881 by the architects Ernst Norgrenn and Schak Bull. The church, which seats about 500 people, was consecrated on 30 December 1881.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Sandvikskirken". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2014-08-18.


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