Frue Church on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Frue Church or Hetland Church ( no, Frue kirke/Hetlandskirken) is a parish church of the 
The church was originally built as the main church for the old municipality of Hetland and it was known as ''Hetland Church'', but after it was merged into the city of Stavanger, the church has been officially known as Frue Church, however the old name is still in use.
Church of Norway
The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...
in Stavanger Municipality
Stavanger (, , US usually , ) is a city and municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the administrative center of Rogaland county. Th ...
in Rogaland
Rogaland () is a Counties of Norway, county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 47 ...
county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Storhaug in the centre of the city of Stavanger. It is one of the two churches for the St. Johannes parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery
A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...
) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in the long church
Church building in Norway began when Christianity was established there around the year 1000. The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is inconclusive. For instance under Urnes Stave C ...
style in 1854 using designs by the architect Hans Hansen Kaas
Hans may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People
* Hans (name), a masculine given name
* Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician
** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans
** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...
. The church seats about 700 people.
The church was originally built as the main church for the old municipality of Hetland and it was known as ''Hetland Church'', but after it was merged into the city of Stavanger, the church has been officially known as Frue Church, however the old name is still in use.
See also
* List of churches in RogalandReferences
{{use dmy dates, date=October 2020 Churches in Stavanger Wooden churches in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1854 1854 establishments in Norway