Tveit Church | |
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Tveit kirke | |
View of the church
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58°13′42″N 8°07′17″E / 58.2283°N 08.1214°ECoordinates: 58°13′42″N 8°07′17″E / 58.2283°N 08.1214°E | |
Location | Kristiansand, Vest-Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Unknown |
Style | Romanesque |
Completed | c. 1100 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 350 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Parish | Tveit |
Deanery | Kristiansand prosti |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Tveit Church (Norwegian: Tveit kirke) is a parish church in Kristiansand municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located just outside the village of Ryen in the district of Tveit in the borough of Oddernes in the northeastern part of the city of Kristiansand. The church is part of the Tveit parish in the Kristiansand arch-deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone church was built around the year 1100 by an unknown architect and is protected by law. The church seats about 350 people.
Exterior view
Entrance to the church
Baptismal font
Side door
Parsonage