Aksdal Church

Aksdal Church (Norwegian: Aksdal kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Aksdal village, Tysvær Municipality, Rogaland county, Norway. It is one of the two churches for the Førresfjorden parish, which is part of the Haugaland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red brick church was built in a long church style in 1995 using designs by architect Stein Jarle Helgeland. It seats about 450 people.^[1][2] The church, which cost about 21.3 million kr to build, was consecrated on 27 August 1995.^[3]

Aksdal Church
Aksdal kyrkje
View of the church (Photo: Jarle Vines)
59.423071°N 5.446123°E / 59.423071; 5.446123
Location	Tysvær Municipality, Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1995
Consecrated	27 Aug 1995
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Stein Jarle Helgeland
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1995 (29 years ago) (1995)
Specifications
Capacity	450
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery	Haugaland prosti
Parish	Førresfjorden

See also

• List of churches in Rogaland

References

1. "Aksdal kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
3. "Aksdal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 February 2021.