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Frøyland og Orstad Church

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Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Functional status
  
Active

Capacity
  
630

Status
  
Parish church

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Consecrated
  
14 Dec 2008

Opened
  
2008

Phone
  
+47 52 97 31 50

Diocese
  
Diocese of Stavanger

Frøyland og Orstad Church

Location
  
Klepp and Time, Rogaland

Address
  
Orstadbakken 33, 4355 Klepp Stasjon, Norway

Similar
  
Orre Church, Bore Church, Klepp Church, St Petri Church, Nærbø Church

Frøyland og Orstad Church (Norwegian: Frøyland og Orstad kirke) is a parish church in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Orstad in Klepp municipality. The church is part of the Frøyland og Orstad parish in the Jæren deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. This parish is unique in Norway since it includes parts of two municipalities: Klepp and Time, encompassing the whole Kvernaland area. The stone/brick church was built in 2008 by the architects René de Groth, Erik Thesen, and Kolbjørn Jensen, from the firm LINK signatur. The church seats about 630 people and it was consecrated on 14 December 2008. The church cost 62.5 million kr. The church is the first church in the Church of Norway to have a baptismal pool in addition to a baptismal font.

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Frøyland og Orstad Church Wikipedia