Sandnes Church | |
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Sandnes kirke | |
58°51′10″N 5°44′01″E / 58.85285°N 5.73356°E | |
Location | Sandnes, Rogaland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1882 |
Consecrated | 1882 |
Events | 1962: Renovation |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Hartvig Sverdrup Eckhoff |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Neo-gothic |
Completed | 1882 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 420 |
Materials | Brick |
Administration | |
Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
Deanery | Sandnes prosti |
Parish | Sandnes |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85387 |
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]