St. Petri Church

St. Petri Church
Sankt Petri kirke
Petrikirken

View of the church
St. Petri Church
Location in Rogaland county
58°58′14″N 5°44′12″E / 58.9705°N 5.7367°E / 58.9705; 5.7367Coordinates: 58°58′14″N 5°44′12″E / 58.9705°N 5.7367°E / 58.9705; 5.7367
Location Stavanger, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Fritz von der Lippe
Completed 1866
Specifications
Capacity 900
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish St. Petri
Deanery Stavanger domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

St. Petri Church (Norwegian: St. Petri kirke) is a parish church in Stavanger municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Storhaug in the city centre of Stavanger. The church is part of the St. Petri parish in the Stavanger arch-deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red brick church was built in 1866 by the architect Fritz von der Lippe. The church seats about 900 people.[1][2] The church is informally called the Petrikirken.

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References

  1. "St. Petri kirke, Stavanger". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-05-02.


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