Skjold Church (Rogaland)

Skjold Church
Skjold kyrkje

View of the church
(Photo: Jarle Vines)
Skjold Church
Location in Rogaland county
Skjold Church
Location in Rogaland county
59°30′20″N 5°35′19″E / 59.5056°N 5.5886°E / 59.5056; 5.5886Coordinates: 59°30′20″N 5°35′19″E / 59.5056°N 5.5886°E / 59.5056; 5.5886
Location Vindafjord, Rogaland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Nils A. Vikanes
Style Octagonal
Completed 1998
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Skjold
Deanery Haugaland prosti
Diocese Diocese of Stavanger

Skjold Church (Norwegian: Skjold kyrkje) is a parish church in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjold. The church is part of the Skjold parish in the Haugaland deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, stone, octagonal church was built in 1998 by the architect Nils A. Vikanes. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]

History

The first church in Skjold was built in 1887. It was a huge timber-framed church that seated about 750 people. That church was destroyed on 13 September 1992 by a fire set by Varg Vikernes and Samoth. The church was replaced in 1998 by the present church building.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Skjold kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2015-08-17.
  3. ↑ "Skjold kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Vindafjord kommune. Retrieved 2015-08-17.



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