St. Johannes Church (Stavanger)

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St. Johannes Church (Stavanger)
58°58′07″N5°44′57″E / 58.968697°N 5.749103°E / 58.968697; 5.749103
Location Stavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1909
Consecrated 1909
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Hans Jacob Sparre
Architectural type Long church
Completed1909(115 years ago) (1909)
Specifications
Capacity700
Materials Plastered brick
Administration
Diocese Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery Stavanger domprosti
Parish St. Johannes
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID 85535

St. Johannes Church (Norwegian : St. Johannes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Johannes neighborhood in the borough of Storhaug in the centre of the city of Stavanger. It is one of the two churches for the St. Johannes parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, plastered brick church was built in a long church style in 1909 using designs by the architect Hans Jacob Sparre. The church seats about 700 people. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "St. Johannes kirke, Stavanger". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 October 2020.