Gand Church

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Gand Church
Gand kirke
Jæren Cathedral (Jærkatedralen)
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Gand Church
58°50′24″N5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°E / 58.8401; 5.7142 Coordinates: 58°50′24″N5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°E / 58.8401; 5.7142
Location Sandnes,
Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1978
Consecrated 3 Dec 1978
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Tonning and Øglænd
Architectural type Rectangular
Completed1978
Specifications
Capacity650
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Gand
Deanery Sandnes prosti
Diocese Stavanger bispedømme

Gand Church (Norwegian : Gand 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 Sandved in the city of Sandnes in the far western part of the municipality. It is one of the two churches for the Gand parish which is part of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large concrete church was built in a rectangular design in 1978 using designs by the architects Tonning and Øglænd. The church seats about 650 people. [1] [2]

Due to its size, it is sometimes referred to as the Jæren Cathedral (Norwegian : Jærkatedralen). The church was consecrated on 3 December 1978. The church cost about 13.2 million kr, and it includes a large sanctuary, a chapel, office wing, Sunday school rooms, and two fellowship halls.

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References

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