Gand Church | |
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Gand kirke | |
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58°50′24″N 5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°ECoordinates: 58°50′24″N 5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°E | |
Location | Sandnes, Rogaland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Consecrated | 3 December 1978 |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Tonning og Øglænd |
Completed | 1978 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 850 |
Materials | Concrete |
Administration | |
Parish | Gand |
Deanery | Sandnes prosti |
Diocese | Diocese of Stavanger |
Gand Church (Norwegian: Gand kirke) is a parish church in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Sandved in the city of Sandnes. The church is part of the Gand parish in the Sandnes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large concrete church was built in 1978 using modern designs by the architect Tonning og Øglænd. The church, which seats about 850 people, was consecrated on 3 December 1978. The church cost about 13.2 million kr, and it includes a large sanctuary, a chapel, office wing, Sunday school rooms, and two fellowship halls.