Frue Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

Frue Church

Frue kirke
Hetlandskirken

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58°58′05″N 5°44′28″E﻿ / ﻿58.968150°N 5.741102°E﻿ / 58.968150; 5.741102
Location| Stavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
Country| Norway
Denomination| Church of Norway
Churchmanship| Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)| Hetland Church
Status| Parish church
Founded| 1854
Consecrated| 1854
Architecture
Functional status| Active
Architect(s)| Hans Hansen Kaas
Architectural type| Long church
Completed| 1854 (170 years ago) (1854)
Specifications
Capacity| 700
Materials| Wood
Administration
Diocese| Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery| Stavanger domprosti
Parish| St. Johannes

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

Type| Church
Status| Protected
ID| 84207

Frue Church or Hetland Church (Norwegian: Frue kirke/Hetlandskirken) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Storhaug in the centre of the city of Stavanger. It is one of the two churches for the St. Johannes parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in the long church style in 1854 using designs by the architect Hans Hansen Kaas. The church seats about 700 people.[1][2]

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The church was originally built as the main church for the old municipality of Hetland and it was known as Hetland Church, but after it was merged into the city of Stavanger, the church has been officially known as Frue Church, however the old name is still in use.

## See also

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* List of churches in Rogaland
* Informationen zur Jehmlich Orgel in der Frue Kirke in Stavanger

## References

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

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Church of Norway churches in the Stavanger domprosti in Rogaland county, Norway

* Stavanger Municipality:
* Stavanger Cathedral
* Bekkefaret Church
* Frue Church
* Hundvåg Church
* Kampen Church
* St. Johannes Church

* St. Petri Church
* Stokka Church
* Tjensvoll Church
* Varden Church

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