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Revheim Church () is a
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of the
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in the southern part of the large
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in
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county,
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. It is located in village of
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in the borough of
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in the western part of the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Hafrsfjord
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which is part of the Ytre Stavanger prosti (
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) in the
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. The white, wooden church was built in a
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design in 1864 using designs by the
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. The church seats about 300 people.


Fire

The church was partially destroyed by
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on 1 August 1992, when two 17-year-old boys broke into the building and set fire to the altar. A cross from a grave pillar outside the church was placed upside down on the outside of the church wall in the days before the fire, which is believed to be connected with the
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. The church was reopened on 5 April 1994.


See also

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List of churches in Rogaland This list of churches in Rogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Stavanger in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Rogaland county. The diocese is based at the Stavanger Cathedral in the city of Stavanger (city) ...


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