Bogafjell Church (Norwegian: Bogafjell kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the western part of the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Bogafjell, just south of the centre of the city of Sandnes. It is the church for the Bogafjell parish which is part of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The gray, concrete church was built in a rectangular design in 2012 using designs by the architect Grete Gudmestad Krogedal from the company Rambøll Arkitektur. The 2,500-square-metre (27,000 sq ft) church seats about 400 people.[1][2] The church was consecrated on 4 March 2012.
| Bogafjell Church | |
|---|---|
| Bogafjell kirke | |
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| 58°49′14″N 5°44′47″E / 58.820615°N 5.746495°E | |
| Location | Sandnes, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Consecrated | 4 Mar 2012 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Grete G. Krogedal |
| Architectural type | Rectangular |
| Groundbreaking | 2011 |
| Completed | 2012 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 400 |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
| Deanery | Sandnes prosti |
| Parish | Bogafjell |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bogafjell kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 October 2020.