Ålgård Church

{{about|the 2015 church in Gjesdal, Norway||Ålgård (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox church

|name = Ålgård Church

|fullname = Ålgård kirke

|former name =

|image =

|caption =

|website =

|coordinates = {{coord|58.768546|5.846325|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|location = Gjesdal Municipality,
Rogaland

|country = Norway

|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran

|denomination = Church of Norway

|diocese = Stavanger bispedømme

|deanery = Jæren prosti

|parish = Ålgård

|status = Parish church

|functional status = Active

|founded date =

|groundbreaking = 25 August 2013

|consecrated date = 15 March 2015

|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|2015}}

|closed date =

|events =

|architect = René de Groot
and Erik Thesen

|architectural type = Fan-shaped

|style =

|materials = Concrete

|capacity = 500

}}

Ålgård Church ({{langx|no|Ålgård kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjesdal Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålgård. It is the main church for the Ålgård parish which is part of the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, concrete church was built in a fan-shaped style in 2015 using designs by the architects René de Groot og Erik Thesen from the firm, Link Arkitektur. The church seats about 500 people.{{Cite web |title=Ålgård kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/112200801 |access-date=2020-09-20 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2020-09-20 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}

The church was built in 2015 to replace the Old Ålgård Church (located next door) which was then too small for the congregation. The church was consecrated on 15 March 2015 by the Bishop Erling Johan Pettersen. The {{convert|1800|m2}} church was built at a cost of {{NOK|54.5 million}}.{{Cite web |title=Ny kirke |url=http://www.algard.kirken.no/Om-oss/Ny-kirke |access-date=2016-03-09 |publisher=Ålgård menighet |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |last=Dale |first=Ole Harold |date=2015-04-14 |title=Ålgård kirke |url=http://www.bygg.no/article/1232903 |access-date=2016-03-09 |publisher=Bygg.no |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite news |last=Løland |first=Geir Arne |date=2015-08-03 |title=Samlet inn 12 millioner kroner til Ålgård kirke |language=Norwegian |work=Stavanger Aftenblad |url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/gjesdal/Samlet-inn-12-millioner-kroner-til-Algard-kirke-3655216.html |access-date=2016-03-09}}

On the upper floor is the sanctuary, vestry, two larger meeting rooms, and a smaller room. There is room for 430 people in the sanctuary, but the large doors in the back can be opened up to the entry hall and adjoining rooms, giving the church a maximum capacity of 600. A {{convert|12.5|m|adj=on}} high altarpiece designed by Tor Lindrupsen stands at the front of the church. On the lower floor is the {{convert|180|m2|adj=on}} kitchen, dining hall, church offices, seminar rooms, utility rooms, and closets.

File:Ålgård nye kirke 2016.jpg