Bakkebø Church

Church in Rogaland, Norway

58°28′15″N 6°01′21″E / 58.470861°N 06.022542°E / 58.470861; 06.022542LocationEigersund Municipality,
RogalandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchConsecrated29 May 1960ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Arnstein Arneberg
and Olav S. PlatouArchitectural typeRectangularCompleted1960 (64 years ago) (1960)SpecificationsCapacity400MaterialsConcreteAdministrationDioceseStavanger bispedømmeDeaneryDalane prostiParishEgersund

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID83842

Bakkebø Church (Norwegian: Bakkebø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Eigersund Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.^[1] It is located in the northern part of the town of Egersund. It is one of the two churches for the Egersund parish which is part of the Dalane prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger.^[2] The white, concrete church was built in a rectangular style in 1960 using designs by the architects Arnstein Arneberg and Olav S. Platou. The church seats about 400 people.^[3]^[4] It was consecrated on 29 May 1960.

In the first years, the church had two electronic organs, and in 1974 a pipe organ was built by Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden.^[5]

References

^ "Bakkebø Church". Religiana. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ Hadland, Sem (24 April 2023). "Kulturkveld på Bakkebø - Eigersund kommune". www.eigersund.kommune.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ "Bakkebø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ Information on the pipe organ of Bakkebø Kirke