Old Ålgård Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

Old Ålgård Church

Ålgård gamle kirke

View of the church

58°46′09″N 5°50′43″E﻿ / ﻿58.769113°N 5.845365°E﻿ / 58.769113; 5.845365
Location| Gjesdal Municipality,
Rogaland
Country| Norway
Denomination| Church of Norway
Churchmanship| Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status| Parish church
Consecrated| 11 May 1917
Architecture
Functional status| Inactive
Architect(s)| Ole Stein
Architectural type| Long church
Style| Art Nouveau
Groundbreaking| 20 March 1916
Completed| 1917 (107 years ago) (1917)
Closed| 15 March 2015
Specifications
Capacity| 250
Materials| Wood
Administration
Diocese| Stavanger bispedømme
Deanery| Jæren prosti
Parish| Ålgård

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

Type| Church
Status| Not protected
ID| 85960

Old Ålgård Church (Norwegian: Ålgård gamle kirke) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjesdal Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ålgård. It used to be the main church for the Ålgård parish which is part of the Jæren prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design and an art nouveau style in 1917 using designs by the architect Ole Stein. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]

## History[edit]

Work began on the new church on 20 March 1916 when a groundbreaking ceremony was held. The church was consecrated on 11 May 1917 by the Bishop Bernt Støylen. The church cost about 29,000 kr to build.[3][4][5] There are several bullet holes in the exterior of the church that were caused by skirmishes during World War II when the Germans occupied Norway. In the 1960s, the church was renovated and refurbished. After 98 years in use, the church became too small for the congregation and it was replaced in 2015 by the new Ålgård Church, located directly across the street. The old church is no longer used for regular services, but it is used for special occasions such as weddings.[5][6]

## Media gallery[edit]

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## See also[edit]

* List of churches in Rogaland

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ålgård gamle kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
3. ^ "Ålgård kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
4. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
5. ^ a b "Ålgård gamle kirke" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Gjesdal historie. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
6. ^ "Ålgård kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 19 September 2020.

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Church of Norway churches in the Jæren prosti in Rogaland county, Norway

* Gjesdal Municipality:
* Dirdal
* Gjesdal
* Oltedal
* Ålgård
* Old Ålgård
* Hå Municipality:
* Nærbø
* Old Nærbø
* Ogna
* Varhaug

* Klepp Municipality:
* Bore
* Frøyland og Orstad
* Klepp
* Orre
* Old Orre
* Time Municipality:
* Bryne
* Time
* Undheim

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