| Bakkebø Church | |
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| Bakkebø kyrkje | |
 View of the church | |
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| 58°28′15″N 6°01′21″E / 58.470861°N 06.022542°E | |
| Location | Eigersund Municipality, Rogaland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Consecrated | 29 May 1960 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Arnstein Arneberg and Olav S. Platou |
| Architectural type | Rectangular |
| Completed | 1960 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 400 |
| Materials | Concrete |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Stavanger bispedømme |
| Deanery | Dalane prosti |
| Parish | Egersund |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Not protected |
| ID | 83842 |
Bakkebø Church (Norwegian: Bakkebø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Eigersund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.[1] It is located in the northern part of the town of Egersund. It is one of the two churches for the Egersund parish which is part of the Dalane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. [2]The white, concrete church was built in a rectangular style in 1960 using designs by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Olav S. Platou. The church seats about 400 people.[3][4] It was consecrated on 29 May 1960.
In the first years, the church had two electronic organs, and in 1974 a pipe organ was built by Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Bakkebø Church". Religiana. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ Hadland, Sem (24 April 2023). "Kulturkveld på Bakkebø - Eigersund kommune". www.eigersund.kommune.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Bakkebø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ Information on the pipe organ of Bakkebø Kirke
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