Ræge Church

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Ræge Church
Ræge kirke
Raege Church
58°51′16″N5°36′30″E / 58.85432°N 5.608317°E / 58.85432; 5.608317
Location Sola Municipality,
Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Ræge kapell
Status Parish church
Founded1940
Consecrated 2009
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Henriette Sagland
Architectural type Rectangular
Completed2009
Specifications
Capacity300
Materials Concrete
Administration
Diocese Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery Tungenes prosti
Parish Ræge

Ræge Church (Norwegian : Ræge kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Stenebyen. It is the church for the Ræge parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, concrete, modern church was built in a rectangular design in 2009 using designs by the architect Henriette Sagland from the architectural firm Link Signatur. The church seats about 300 people. [1] [2]

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View of the old chapel

History

In 1940, a small chapel was built at Ræge. It had seating for about 170 people. In 2009, a new, larger church was built a short distance to the south of the chapel. After the new church was completed in September 2019, the old chapel was closed and then in April 2010, the old chapel was torn down.

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References

  1. "Ræge kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 18 October 2020.