Location Vindafjord, Rogaland Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Active Opened 1904 Status Parish church | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Architect(s) Tengesdal Capacity 300 Diocese Diocese of Stavanger | |
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Address 400,, Rv514, 5585 Sandeid, Norway Similar Vikedal Church, Vats Church, Vikebygd Church, Skjold Church, Ølen Church | ||
Sandeid Church (Norwegian: Sandeid kyrkje) is a parish church in Vindafjord municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sandeid. The church is part of the Sandeid parish in the Haugaland deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in 1904 by the architect Tengesdal. It seats about 300 people.
History
The first church at Sandeid was a medieval stave church that was likely built around the year 1100. The stave church was renovated and expanded over the centuries, but eventually was in poor condition and in 1814, the church was torn down and replaced with a smaller church with no steeple. The small church was used for about 90 years before it too was taken down and replaced by the current church in 1904.