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Gand Church
Gand Church
Gand kirke
Jæren Cathedral (Jærkatedralen)
	View of the church
	58°50′24″N 5°42′51″E / 58.8401°N 5.7142°E
Location	Sandnes,; Rogaland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1978
Consecrated	3 Dec 1978
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Tonning and Øglænd
Architectural type	Rectangular
Completed	1978
Specifications
Capacity	650
Materials	Concrete
Administration
Diocese	Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery	Sandnes prosti
Parish	Gand

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Gand Church (Norwegian: Gand kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Sandved in the city of Sandnes in the far western part of the municipality. It is one of the two churches for the Gand parish which is part of the Sandnes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The large concrete church was built in a rectangular design in 1978 using designs by the architects Tonning and Øglænd. The church seats about 650 people.^[1]^[2]

Due to its size, it is sometimes referred to as the Jæren Cathedral (Norwegian: Jærkatedralen). The church was consecrated on 3 December 1978. The church cost about 13.2 million kr, and it includes a large sanctuary, a chapel, office wing, Sunday school rooms, and two fellowship halls.

References

^ "Gand kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[1] "Gand kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

[2] "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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-'''Gand Church''' ({{lang-no|Gand kirke}}) is a [[parish church]] in [[Sandnes]] municipality in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]].  It is located in the borough of [[Sandved, Norway|Sandved]] in the city of Sandnes.  The church is part of the Gand [[parish]] in the [[List of churches in Rogaland#Sandnes prosti|Sandnes]] [[deanery]] in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]].  The large concrete church was built in 1978 using modern designs by the [[architect]] Tonning og Øglænd.  The church, which seats about 850 people, was [[consecrate]]d on 3 December 1978.  The church cost about {{NOK|13.2 million}}, and it includes a large [[sanctuary]], a chapel, office wing, Sunday school rooms, and two fellowship halls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Gand-kirke|title=Gand kirke|publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen|accessdate=2016-04-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm|title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker|language=Norwegian|publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |accessdate=2016-04-06}}</ref>
+'''Gand Church''' ({{langx|no|Gand kirke}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in the large [[Sandnes]] municipality  in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the borough of [[Sandved, Norway|Sandved]] in the city of Sandnes in the far western part of the municipality. It is one of the two churches for the Gand [[parish]] which is part of the [[Sandnes prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Stavanger]]. The large concrete church was built in a [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|rectangular]] design in 1978 using designs by the [[architect]]s Tonning and Øglænd. The church seats about 650 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gand kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/110200801 |access-date=2020-10-23 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2020-10-23 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>
+Due to its size, it is sometimes referred to as the ''[[Jæren]] Cathedral'' ({{langx|no|Jærkatedralen}}). The church was [[consecrate]]d on 3 December 1978.  The church cost about {{NOK|13.2 million}}, and it includes a large [[sanctuary]], a chapel, office wing, Sunday school rooms, and two fellowship halls.
 ==See also==
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 {{reflist}}
-{{Norway-church-stub}}
 {{Churches in Sandnes}}
+{{Authority control}}
+{{use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
-[[Category:Churches in Rogaland]]
 [[Category:Sandnes]]
+[[Category:Churches in Rogaland]]
+[[Category:20th-century Church of Norway church buildings]]
 [[Category:Churches completed in 1978]]
+[[Category:1978 establishments in Norway]]

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