Varden Church

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Varden Church
Varden Church (Norway)
58°57′34″N5°45′04″E / 58.9594°N 5.7511°E / 58.9594; 5.7511 Coordinates: 58°57′34″N5°45′04″E / 58.9594°N 5.7511°E / 58.9594; 5.7511
Location Stavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded1967
Consecrated 1967
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Jan Jæger and
Per Faltinsen
Architectural type Rectangular
Completed1967
Specifications
Capacity430
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Varden
Deanery Stavanger domprosti
Diocese Stavanger bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID 85770

Varden Church (Norwegian : Varden kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Varden in the borough of Storhaug in the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Varden parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red brick church was built in a rectangular design in 1967 using designs by the architects Jan Jæger and Per Faltinsen. The church seats about 430 people. [1] [2]

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References

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