Rossabø Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

59°23′37″N 5°17′18″E / 59.393745°N 5.288459°E / 59.393745; 5.288459LocationHaugesund Municipality,
RogalandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1972Consecrated1972ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Per Amund Riseng
and Jan StensrudArchitectural typeFan-shapedStyleModernCompleted1972 (52 years ago) (1972)SpecificationsCapacity600MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseStavanger bispedømmeDeaneryHaugaland prostiParishRossabø

Rossabø Church (Norwegian: Rossabø kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Haugesund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the southern part of the town of Haugesund. It is the church for the Rossabø parish which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The modern-style, concrete church was built in a fan-shaped style in 1972 using designs by the architects Per Amund Riseng and Jan Stensrud. The church seats about 360 people, but can be expanded up to 600 people.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Rossabø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 3 October 2020.