Vågsbygd Church | |
Fullname: | Vågsbygd kirke |
Coordinates: | 58.122°N 7.9558°W |
Location: | Kristiansand Municipality, Agder |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Agder og Telemark |
Parish: | Vågsbygd |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1967 |
Consecrated Date: | 1967 |
Architect: | Christen A. Christensen |
Architectural Type: | Rectangular |
Materials: | Stone |
Capacity: | 450 |
Vågsbygd Church (Norwegian: Vågsbygd kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Augland neighborhood in the borough of Vågsbygd in the city of Kristiansand. It is the church for the Vågsbygd parish which is part of the Kristiansand domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The gray, stone church was built in a rectangular design in 1967 using plans drawn up by the architect Christen A. Christensen. The church seats about 450 people.[1] [2] [3]