Nygård Church
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Nygård Church | |
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Nygård kirke | |
60°23′14″N 5°16′28″E / 60.3873°N 5.2745°E | |
Location | Bergen, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1972 |
Consecrated | 8 Oct 1972 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Einar Vaardal-Lunde |
Architectural type | Fan-shaped |
Groundbreaking | 29 Nov 1970 |
Completed | 1972 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 520 |
Materials | Brick |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Bergen domprosti |
Parish | Nygård |
Nygård Church (Norwegian: Nygård kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Gravdal neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Nygård parish which is part of the Bergen domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, brick church was built in a fan-shaped style in 1972 using designs by the architect Einar Vaardal-Lunde. The church seats about 520 people.[1][2][3]
See also
References
- ^ "Nygård kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Lidén, Hans-Emil. "Nygård kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 5 June 2020.