Vedavågen Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

59°17′32″N 5°13′42″E / 59.29234°N 5.228431°E / 59.29234; 5.228431LocationKarmøy Municipality,
RogalandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded2009Consecrated2009ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Brandsberg
Dahls ArkitekterArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted2009SpecificationsCapacity280MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseStavanger bispedømmeDeaneryKarmøy prostiParishVedavågen

Vedavågen Church (Norwegian: Vedavågen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Veavågen on the western coast of the island of Karmøy. It is the church for the Vedavågen parish which is part of the Karmøy prosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The concrete church was built in a long church style in 2009 using designs by the architectural firm: Brandsberg Dahls-Arkitekter. The church seats about 280 people.^[1]^[2]

The elementary school right besides it uses the building for classrooms, as the school does not have enough classrooms for all of the student body.

References

^ "Vedavågen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 October 2020.