Jørpeland Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

59°01′35″N 6°02′22″E / 59.026362°N 06.039438°E / 59.026362; 06.039438LocationStrand Municipality,
RogalandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1969Consecrated1969ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Turid and Kristen
Bernhoff EvensenArchitectural typeRectangularCompleted1969SpecificationsCapacity450MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseStavanger bispedømmeDeaneryRyfylke prostiParishJørpeland

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID84751

Jørpeland Church (Norwegian: Jørpeland kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Strand Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Jørpeland. It is the church for the Jørpeland parish which is part of the Ryfylke prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large, gray, concrete church was built in a rectangular design in 1969 using designs by the architects Turid and Kristen Bernhoff Evensen. The church seats about 450 people.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Jørpeland kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 11 October 2020.