Storetveit Church

Coordinates: 60°21′06″N 5°20′42″E / 60.351606808527°N 5.3450605273246°E

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Storetveit Church
Storetveit kirke
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60°21′06″N 5°20′42″E / 60.351606808527°N 5.3450605273246°E / 60.351606808527; 5.3450605273246
Location	Bergen, Vestland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1930
Consecrated	30 Nov 1930
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Ole Landmark
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1930 (94 years ago) (1930)
Specifications
Capacity	600
Materials	Stone
Administration
Diocese	Bjørgvin bispedømme
Deanery	Bergensdalen prosti
Parish	Storetveit

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Protected
ID	85582

Storetveit Church (Norwegian: Storetveit kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Fjøsanger neighborhood in Årstad borough in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Storetveit parish which is part of the Bergensdalen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The large, stone church was built in a long church design in 1930 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Landmark. The church seats about 600 people.^[1]^[2]

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During the 1920s, plans were made to build another church in the large Årstad Church parish. Originally, the church was going to be built at Minde, but the plot of land ended up being unsuitable for the church, so a new plot of land at Storetveit was chosen. An architectural competition was held to find the person to design the new church. Ole Landmark won the competition for his designs of a church built in natural stone with Gothic details. Construction on the new church took place from 1928 to 1930. The church has a large rectangular nave with an octagonal choir. A small tower with a spire sits above the choir. There was a sacristy built to the north of the nave and a chapel on the south side of the nave. The new building was consecrated on 30 November 1930.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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References

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^ "Storetveit kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Magerøy, Ellen Marie; Lidén, Hans-Emil. "Storetveit kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Storetveit kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Storetveit kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

v t e Church of Norway churches in the Bergensdalen prosti in Vestland county, Norway
	Bergen Municipality: Bønes Church Fridalen Church Fyllingsdalen Church Landås Church Saint Mark's Church Slettebakken Church Storetveit Church Sælen Church Solheim Church Årstad Church

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