Frøyland og Orstad Church

Frøyland og Orstad Church
Frøyland og Orstad kirke
Frøyland og Orstad Church
Location in Rogaland county
Frøyland og Orstad Church
Location in Rogaland county
58°47′15″N 5°43′13″E / 58.7876°N 05.7204°E / 58.7876; 05.7204Coordinates: 58°47′15″N 5°43′13″E / 58.7876°N 05.7204°E / 58.7876; 05.7204
Location Klepp and Time, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 14 Dec 2008
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) LINK arkitektur
Completed 2008
Specifications
Capacity 630
Materials Stone/brick
Administration
Parish Frøyland og Orstad
Deanery Jæren prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Frøyland og Orstad Church (Norwegian: Frøyland og Orstad kirke) is a parish church in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Orstad in Klepp municipality. The church is part of the Frøyland og Orstad parish in the Jæren deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. This parish is unique in Norway since it includes parts of two municipalities: Klepp and Time, encompassing the whole Kvernaland area. The stone/brick church was built in 2008 by the architects René de Groth, Erik Thesen, and Kolbjørn Jensen, from the firm LINK signatur. The church seats about 630 people and it was consecrated on 14 December 2008. The church cost NOK 62.5 million. The church is the first church in the Church of Norway to have a baptismal pool in addition to a baptismal font.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Frøyland og Orstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-05-30.



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