Randesund Church | |
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Randesund kirke | |
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58°08′03″N8°07′03″E / 58.1342°N 08.1176°E Coordinates: 58°08′03″N8°07′03″E / 58.1342°N 08.1176°E | |
Location | Kristiansand, Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Website | www.randesund.no/ |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Consecrated | 28 Oct 1864 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Christian Heinrich Grosch |
Style | Cruciform |
Completed | 1864 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 450 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Randesund |
Deanery | Kristiansand prosti |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Randesund Church (Norwegian : Randesund kirke) is a parish church in Kristiansand municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Frikstad neighborhood in the Randesund district in the borough of Oddernes inside the city of Kristiansand. The church is surrounded by a cemetery. The church is part of the Randesund parish in the Kristiansand arch-deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden, cruciform church was built in 1864 using plans by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 450 people. It was consecrated on 28 October 1864 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe. [1] [2] [3]
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