Fridalen Church

Church in Vestland, Norway

60°21′46″N 5°21′22″E / 60.362908732267°N 5.356183648109°E / 60.362908732267; 5.356183648109LocationBergen, VestlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1937Consecrated6 May 1937ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Peter AndersenArchitectural typeRectangularCompleted1937 (87 years ago) (1937)SpecificationsCapacity450MaterialsStoneAdministrationDioceseBjørgvin bispedømmeDeaneryBergensdalen prostiParishFridalen

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID84200

Fridalen Church (Norwegian: Fridalen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Fridalen neighborhood in the borough of Årstad in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Fridalen parish which is part of the Bergensdalen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a rectangular style in 1937 using designs by the architect Peter Andersen. The church seats about 450 people.^[1]^[2]

History

Construction on the new Fridalen Church took place in 1936-1937, just before the outbreak of World War II. The building was designed by Peter Andersen. It is built of plastered and whitewashed masonry and has a rectangular floor plan with a nave in the north and a choir in the south. The new building was consecrated on 6 May 1937. In 1952–1962, the choir area was enlarged, including a new sacristy and office area.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Fridalen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ Magerøy, Ellen Marie; Lidén, Hans-Emil. "Fridalen kirke" (in Norwegian). Norges Kirker. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
^ "Fridalen kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2021.