Tananger Church

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Tananger Church
Tananger kirke
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Tananger Church
58°56′07″N5°36′11″E / 58.935359°N 5.60317°E / 58.935359; 5.60317
Location Sola Municipality,
Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded2002
Consecrated 1 Sep 2002
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Olav Urstad
Architectural type Fan-shaped
Completed2002
Specifications
Capacity400
Materials Brick
Administration
Diocese Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery Tungenes prosti
Parish Tananger

Tananger Church (Norwegian : Tananger kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tananger. It is the church for the Tananger parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large, brick church was built in a fan-shaped design in 2002 using designs by the architect Olav Urstad. The church seats about 400 people. [1] [2]

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History

The church was built in 2002 to replace the Old Tananger Church, which was later renamed Tananger Chapel. The new church was consecrated on 1 September 2002.

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References

  1. "Tananger kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 October 2020.