Randesund Church

Randesund Church
Randesund Church
Randesund kirke
	View of the church
	58°08′03″N 8°07′03″E / 58.1342°N 08.1176°E
Location	Kristiansand Municipality,; Agder
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	randesund.no
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1864
Consecrated	28 Oct 1864
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural type	Cruciform
Completed	1864 (160 years ago)
Specifications
Capacity	450
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Agder og Telemark
Deanery	Kristiansand domprosti
Parish	Randesund
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	85270

Randesund Church (Norwegian: Randesund kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Frikstad neighborhood in the Randesund district in the borough of Oddernes inside the city of Kristiansand. It is one of the churches for the Randesund parish which is part of the Kristiansand domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1864 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 450 people.^[1]^[2]

The church was consecrated on 28 October 1864 by the Bishop Jacob von der Lippe. The church is surrounded by a cemetery.^[3]

Media gallery

^ "Randesund kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ "Om Randesund menighet" (in Norwegian). Randesund menighet. Retrieved 31 January 2017.