Bønes Church () is a

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of the

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in Bergen Municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the Bønestoppen neighborhood in the city of

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. It is the church for the Bønes

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which is part of the Bergensdalen prosti (

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a fan-shaped style in 1997 using designs by the

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Helge Hjertholm. The church seats about 300 people.

History

The church was built in 1997 and

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d on 7 December 1997. From 1997 until 2002, the church was an annex to the main Storetveit Church, but since 2002 it has been a separate parish. The church was designed to be built in two stages as the church grew in membership. The first stage was completed in 1997 and in 2009, a large addition was built onto the church, which completed the second stage. The new addition was consecrated on 6 December 2009.

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