Sandvik Church

Sandvik Church (Norwegian: Sandvikskirken) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Sandviken neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Sandviken parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brown, stone church was built in a long church style in 1881 using designs by the architects Ernst Norgrenn and Schak Bull. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2] The church was consecrated on 30 December 1881.[3]

Sandvik Church
Sandvikskirken / Sandviken kirke
View of the church
Sandvik Church
Location of the church
Sandvik Church
Sandvik Church (Norway)
60.4057°N 5.3255°E / 60.4057; 5.3255
LocationBergen, Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1881
Consecrated30 December 1881
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ernst Norgrenn and
Schak Bull
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNeo-gothic
Completed1881
Specifications
Capacity500
MaterialsStone
Administration
ParishSandviken
DeaneryBergen domprosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID85394

See also

References

  1. "Sandvikskirken". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 5 June 2020.

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