Gand Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

58°50′24″N 5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°E / 58.8401; 5.7142LocationSandnes,
RogalandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1978Consecrated3 Dec 1978ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Tonning and ØglændArchitectural typeRectangularCompleted1978SpecificationsCapacity650MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseStavanger bispedømmeDeanerySandnes prostiParishGand

Gand Church (Norwegian: Gand kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Sandved in the city of Sandnes in the far western part of the municipality. It is one of the two churches for the Gand parish which is part of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large concrete church was built in a rectangular design in 1978 using designs by the architects Tonning and Øglænd. The church seats about 650 people.^[1]^[2]

Due to its size, it is sometimes referred to as the Jæren Cathedral (Norwegian: Jærkatedralen). The church was consecrated on 3 December 1978. The church cost about 13.2 million kr, and it includes a large sanctuary, a chapel, office wing, Sunday school rooms, and two fellowship halls.

References

^ "Gand kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 October 2020.