Oltedal Church Explained

Oltedal Church
Fullname:Oltedal kirke
Coordinates:58.8256°N 6.0315°W
Location:Gjesdal Municipality,
Rogaland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Stavanger bispedømme
Parish:Gjesdal
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:2002
Consecrated Date:10 Feb 2002
Architect:Olav Urstad
Architectural Type:Rectangular
Materials:Concrete

Oltedal Church (Norwegian: Oltedal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjesdal Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Oltedal. It is one of the three churches for the Gjesdal parish which is part of the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, concrete church was built in a rectangular style in 2002 using designs by the architect Olav Urstad.[1] [2] The church was consecrated on 10 February 2002.

History

In 1926, a small chapel was built in Oltedal. It was designed by Gustav Helland and it was consecrated on 17 October 1926. It was a wooden long church with an asymmetrically placed tower in the northeast. In 1970, the chapel was renovated. By the 1990s, the chapel was too small for the congregation, so in 2002, the chapel was de-consecrated and sold and the present church was constructed about to the west.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oltedal kirke . 2020-09-20 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2020-09-20 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Oltedal kapell . Norges-Kirker.no . 2021-02-06 . Norwegian.