Eidsvåg Church ( no, Eidsvåg kirke) is a

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of the

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county,

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. It is located in the

Eidsvåg Eidsvåg may refer to: People * Bjørn Eidsvåg, a Norwegian singer, songwriter and priest Places * Eidsvåg, Nesset, a village in Molde municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Eidsvåg, Bergen, a neighbourhood in the city of Bergen in V ...

neighborhood in the city of

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. It is the church for the Eidsvåg

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which is part of the Åsane prosti (

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Bjørgvin The Diocese of Bjørgvin ( no, Bjørgvin bispedømme) is one of the 11 dioceses that make up the Church of Norway. It includes all of the churches located in the county of Vestland in Western Norway. The cathedral city is Bergen, Norway's second ...

. The large, white, concrete church was built in a rectangular design in 1981 using plans drawn up by the architectural firm ''Lund + Slaatto Arkitekter'' from

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. The church is a large cube shape, seating about 300 people, and the main sanctuary is expandable up to 500 people.

History

Efforts to get a church built in Eidsvåg began in 1942, but it was a long time until this work came to fruition. In 1969, there was an architectural competition to design the new church and the firm ''Lund + Slaatto Arkitekter'' from

won. In 1971, a Royal Decree was issued granting permission to construct the new church. It would be part of the

Åsane Church Åsane Church ( no, Åsane kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Åsane in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Åsane parish which is part of t ...

parish as an annex church. Work did not begin right away due to the finances involved with the merger of several municipalities with

. Work finally began in 1980 and the church was completed in late 1981. On 1 January 1982, the new church was split off from the Åsane Church parish and made a parish of its own. The new church was

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on 23 May 1982.

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History

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