Sandnes Church (Rogaland)

Sandnes Church
Sandnes kirke
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58°51′10″N 5°44′01″E / 58.85285°N 5.73356°E / 58.85285; 5.73356
LocationSandnes,
Rogaland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1882
Consecrated1882
Events1962: Renovation
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNeo-gothic
Completed1882
Specifications
Capacity420
MaterialsBrick
Administration
DioceseStavanger bispedømme
DeanerySandnes prosti
ParishSandnes
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85387

Sandnes Church (Norwegian: Sandnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Trones og Sentrum in the centre of the city of Sandnes in the far western part of the municipality. It is the church for the Sandnes parish and it is the seat of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red, brick church was built in a long church design in 1882 using plans drawn up by the architect Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff. The neo-gothic church seats about 420 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Sandnes kirke, Sandnes". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 October 2020.