Tananger Church Explained

Tananger Church
Fullname:Tananger kirke
Coordinates:58.9354°N 5.6032°W
Location:Sola Municipality,
Rogaland
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Stavanger bispedømme
Parish:Tananger
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:2002
Consecrated Date:1 Sep 2002
Completed Date:2002
Architect:Olav Urstad
Architectural Type:Fan-shaped
Materials:Brick
Capacity:400

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]

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tananger kirke . 2020-10-17 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2020-10-17 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.