Vågsbygd Church () is a

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of the

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county,

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. It is located in the

Augland Augland is a neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. The neighborhood is located in the borough of Vågsbygd Vågsbygd is a List of boroughs of Kristiansand, borough and district in the Kristiansand (town), city of ...

neighborhood in the borough of

Vågsbygd Vågsbygd is a List of boroughs of Kristiansand, borough and district in the Kristiansand (town), city of Kristiansand which lies in the municipality of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway. It is the largest borough and district in Kristiansand. ...

in the city of Kristiansand. It is the church for the Vågsbygd

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which is part of the Kristiansand domprosti (arch-

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) in the

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. The gray, stone church was built in a

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design in 1967 using plans drawn up by the

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Christen A. Christensen. The church seats about 450 people.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaagsbygd Church Churches in Kristiansand Stone churches in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1967 1967 establishments in Norway

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