Salhus Church Explained

Salhus Church
Fullname:Salhus kirke
Coordinates:60.5032°N 5.2623°W
Location:Bergen Municipality,
Vestland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Bjørgvin bispedømme
Parish:Salhus
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1924
Consecrated Date:1924
Architect:Ole Landmark
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Stone
Capacity:320

Salhus Church (Norwegian: Salhus kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Salhus neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Salhus parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1924 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Landmark. The church seats about 320 people.[1] [2]

History

In 1916, a cemetery was established at Salhus. Soon after, the parish decided to build a chapel at the cemetery. Ole Landmark was hired as the architect for the new building. The chapel was built in 1924 and originally, it was an annex chapel to the main Åsane Church. The building is a stone long church with a rectangular nave with a hipped roof and church porch on the southwest side of the nave and a choir with a semi-circular apse in the northeast. There were matching sacristies on either side of the choir. In 1982, the Åsane parish was divided so that Salhus Chapel became a full parish church, called Salhus Church.[3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salhus kirke . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen . 2020-03-15.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian . 2020-03-15.
  3. Web site: Lidén . Hans-Emil . Salhus kirke . Norges Kirker . Norwegian . 2020-03-15.
  4. Web site: Salhus kirke . 2021-11-06 . Norges-Kirker.no . Norwegian.