Tananger Chapel

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Tananger Chapel
Tananger kapell
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Tananger Chapel
58°56′07″N5°36′03″E / 58.935175°N 5.60097°E / 58.935175; 5.60097 Coordinates: 58°56′07″N5°36′03″E / 58.935175°N 5.60097°E / 58.935175; 5.60097
Location Sola Municipality,
Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Tananger kirke
Status Parish church
Founded1879
Consecrated 1879
Architecture
Functional statusHistoric
Architect(s) Hans Linstow and
Henrik Nissen
Architectural type Long church
Completed1879
Specifications
Capacity250
Materials Wood
Administration
Diocese Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery Tungenes prosti
Parish Tananger
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID 85072

Tananger Chapel (Norwegian : Tananger kapell; historically called Tananger Church) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tananger. It used to be the church for the Tananger parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1879 using designs by the architect Henrik Nissen, who adapted plans made by Hans Linstow. The church seats about 250 people. [1] [2] The church was in use from 1879 until 2002 when the new Tananger Church was completed about 100 metres (330 ft) east of the old church. Now, the old church (now called "chapel") is used only for very special events and it can be rented for weddings. [3] [4]

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