Revheim Church Explained

Revheim Church
Fullname:Revheim kirke
Coordinates:58.9523°N 5.6441°W
Location:Stavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Stavanger bispedømme
Parish:Hafrsfjord
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1864
Consecrated Date:1864
Completed Date:1864
Architect:Hans Linstow
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Wood
Capacity:300

Revheim Church (Norwegian: Revheim kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the southern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in village of Kvernevik in the borough of Madla in the western part of the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Hafrsfjord parish which is part of the Ytre Stavanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1864 using designs by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people.[1] [2]

Fire

The church was partially destroyed by arson on 1 August 1992, when two 17-year-old boys broke into the building and set fire to the altar. A cross from a grave pillar outside the church was placed upside down on the outside of the church wall in the days before the fire, which is believed to be connected with the Early Norwegian black metal scene.[3]

The church was reopened on 5 April 1994.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Revheim kirke . 2020-10-22 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2020-10-22 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Book: Moynihan . Michael . Michael Jenkins Moynihan . Søderlind . Didrik . Didrik Søderlind . . Revised and expanded . 2003 . 1998 . Feral House . . 0-922915-94-6 . 82f.