Åkra Church ( no, Åkra kirke) is a

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of the

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Karmøy Municipality Karmøy is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the Haugesund (town), town of Haugesund in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative cent ...

Rogaland Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...

county,

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. It is located in the town of

Åkrehamn or Åkrahamn (commonly known as simply ''Åkra'') is a small town in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The town is located on the west side of the island of Karmøy in the traditional district of Haugaland. The town sits about ...

on the western coast of the island of Karmøy. It is the main church for the Åkra

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which is part of the

Karmøy prosti This list of churches in Rogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in Rogaland county, Norway. The churches are all part of the Diocese of Stavanger. The diocese is based at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger. The list ...

(

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) in the

Diocese of Stavanger The Diocese of Stavanger ( no, Stavanger bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers all of Rogaland county in western Norway. The cathedral city is Stavanger, where the Stavanger Cathedral is located. The bishop is Anne Li ...

. The modern-looking, white, brick church was built in a

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design in 1985 using designs by the

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Børge Brandsberg-Dahl. The church was built in 1985 to replace the small, aging

Old Åkra Church Old Åkra Church ( no, Åkra gamle kirke) is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Karmøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Åkrehamn located on the western coast of the island of Karmøy. It for ...

which is located about to the northwest (on the other side of the road). The church was

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d on 10 November 1985 by the Bishop Sigurd Lunde. The church seats about 430 people in the main sanctuary, but it can be expanded to more if needed.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aakra Church Karmøy Churches in Rogaland Brick churches in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1985 1985 establishments in Norway

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