Åsane Church

Åsane Church (Norwegian: Åsane kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Åsane in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Åsane parish which is part of the Åsane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The large, red, brick church was built in a circular style in 1993 using designs by the architect Trygve Dyngeland. The church seats about 600 people.[1][2] The church was built to replace the Old Åsane Church which had recently had a large fire.[3]

Åsane Church
Åsane kirke
View of the church
Åsane Church
Location of the church
Åsane Church
Åsane Church (Norway)
60.46698°N 5.3221°E / 60.46698; 5.3221
LocationBergen Municipality,
Vestland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated19 Dec 1993
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Trygve Dyngeland
Architectural typeCircular
Completed1993
Specifications
Capacity600
MaterialsBrick
Administration
ParishÅsane
DeaneryÅsane prosti
DioceseBjørgvin bispedømme
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected

This new church is larger than the Old Åsane Church. This building has 350 seats in the main sanctuary. There are also adjoining rooms with movable walls, so the seating can expand up to about 600 people. The new church is also more functional that the previous church with a kitchen, office space, a fellowship hall, not to mention the addition of bathroom facilities which were not available in the old church. The basement of the church can fit up to 400 people for other social gatherings. This church was consecrated on 19 December 1993.[3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Åsane kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  3. Lidén, Hans-Emil. "Åsane kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  4. "Åsane kirke" (in Norwegian). Åsane menighet. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  5. "Kirker i Hordaland fylke" (in Norwegian). DIS-Hordaland. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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