Riska Church

Riska Church
Riska kirke

View of the church
Riska Church
Location in Rogaland county
Riska Church
Location in Rogaland county
58°55′40″N 5°51′16″E / 58.9277°N 5.8544°E / 58.9277; 5.8544Coordinates: 58°55′40″N 5°51′16″E / 58.9277°N 5.8544°E / 58.9277; 5.8544
Location Sandnes, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Odd Magne Vatne
Completed 1999
Specifications
Capacity 520
Materials Concrete and stone
Administration
Parish Riska
Deanery Sandnes prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Riska Church (Norwegian: Riska kirke) is a parish church in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hommersåk in the borough of Riska in the city of Sandnes. The church is part of the Riska parish in the Sandnes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The concrete and stone church was built in 1999 by the architect Odd Magne Vatne. The church seats about 520 people, more than twice as many people as the Old Riska Church, which this church replaced.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Riska kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-04-05.



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