Bekkefaret Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

58°57′04″N 5°43′43″E / 58.951003°N 5.728528°E / 58.951003; 5.728528LocationStavanger Municipality,
RogalandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1977Consecrated1977ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Per Amund Riseng
& Jan StensrudArchitectural typeSemi-circularCompleted1977 (47 years ago) (1977)SpecificationsCapacity550MaterialsBrickAdministrationDioceseStavanger bispedømmeDeaneryStavanger domprostiParishBekkefaret

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID83861

Bekkefaret Church (Norwegian: Bekkefaret kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the Bekkefaret neighborhood in the borough of Hillevåg in the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Bekkefaret parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red brick church was built in a semi-circular design in 1977 using designs by the architects Per Amund Riseng and Jan Stensrud. The church seats about 550 people.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Bekkefaret kirke, Stavanger". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Bekkefaret kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 4 October 2020.