Norheim Church

Norheim Church
Norheim Church
Norheim kirke
	View of the church
	59°22′47″N 5°18′31″E / 59.379777°N 5.30874°E
Location	Karmøy Municipality,; Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1978
Consecrated	1978
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Bjarne Gjerde
Architectural type	Rectangular
Completed	1978
Specifications
Capacity	425
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery	Karmøy prosti
Parish	Norheim

Norheim Church (Norwegian: Norheim kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Norheim, just south of the town of Haugesund. It is the church for the Norheim parish which is part of the Karmøy prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The plastered brick church was built in a rectangular design in 1978 using designs by the architect Bjarne Gjerde. The church seats about 425 people.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Norheim kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 October 2020.