Sandvik Church
Sandvik Church (Norwegian: Sandvikskirken) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Sandviken neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Sandviken parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brown, stone church was built in a long church style in 1881 using designs by the architects Ernst Norgrenn and Schak Bull. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2] The church was consecrated on 30 December 1881.[3]
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Sandvikskirken / Sandviken kirke | |
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Location | Bergen, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1881 |
Consecrated | 30 December 1881 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Ernst Norgrenn and Schak Bull |
Architectural type | Long church |
Style | Neo-gothic |
Completed | 1881 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 500 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Parish | Sandviken |
Deanery | Bergen domprosti |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Protected |
ID | 85394 |
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References
- "Sandvikskirken". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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