Tananger Church

{{Infobox church

|name = Tananger Church

|fullname = Tananger kirke

|former name =

|image = Tananger kirke.jpg

|caption = View of the church

|website =

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|location = Sola Municipality,
Rogaland

|country = Norway

|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran

|denomination = Church of Norway

|diocese = Stavanger bispedømme

|deanery = Tungenes prosti

|parish = Tananger

|status = Parish church

|functional status = Active

|founded date = 2002

|consecrated date = 1 Sep 2002

|completed date = 2002

|closed date =

|events =

|architect = Olav Urstad

|architectural type = Fan-shaped

|style =

|materials = Brick

|capacity = 400

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Tananger Church ({{langx|no|Tananger kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sola Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tananger. It is the church for the Tananger parish which is part of the Tungenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large, brick church was built in a fan-shaped design in 2002 using designs by the architect Olav Urstad. The church seats about 400 people.{{Cite web |title=Tananger kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/112400601 |access-date=2020-10-17 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2020-10-17 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}

History

The church was built in 2002 to replace the Old Tananger Church, which was later renamed Tananger Chapel. The new church was consecrated on 1 September 2002.

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