Sandvik Church

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Sandvik Church
Sandvik Church (Norway)
60°24′21″N5°19′32″E / 60.4057°N 5.3255°E / 60.4057; 5.3255 Coordinates: 60°24′21″N5°19′32″E / 60.4057°N 5.3255°E / 60.4057; 5.3255
Location Bergen, Vestland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1881
Consecrated 30 December 1881
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Ernst Norgrenn and
Schak Bull
Architectural type Long church
Style Neo-gothic
Completed1881
Specifications
Capacity500
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Sandviken
Deanery Bergen domprosti
Diocese Bjørgvin bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID 85394

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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