Eidsvåg Church

Eidsvåg Church (Norwegian: Eidsvåg kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Eidsvåg neighborhood in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Eidsvåg parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The large, white, concrete church was built in a rectangular style in 1981 using designs by the architectural firm Lund + Slaatto Arkitekter from Oslo. The church is a large cube shape, seating about 300 people, and the main sanctuary is expandable up to 500 people.[1][2]

Eidsvåg Church
Eidsvåg kirke
View of the church
Eidsvåg Church
Location of the church
Eidsvåg Church
Eidsvåg Church (Norway)
60.4387°N 5.3174°E / 60.4387; 5.3174
LocationBergen Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1981
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Lund + Slaatto Arkitekter
Architectural typeRectangular
Completed1981
Specifications
Capacity500
MaterialsConcrete
Administration
ParishEidsvåg
DeaneryÅsane prosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme

History

Efforts to get a church built in Eidsvåg began in 1942, but it was a long time until this work came to fruition. In 1969, there was an architectural competition to design the new church and the firm Lund + Slaatto Arkitekter from Oslo won. In 1971, a Royal Decree was issued granting permission to construct the new church. It would be part of the Åsane Church parish as an annex church. Work did not begin right away due to the finances involved with the merger of several municipalities with Bergen. Work finally began in 1980 and the church was completed in late 1981. On 1 January 1982, the new church was split off from the Åsane Church parish and made a parish of its own.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Eidsvåg kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. Lidén, Hans-Emil. "Eidsvåg kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
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