Revheim Church (Norwegian: Revheim kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the southern part of the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in village of Kvernevik in the borough of Madla in the western part of the city of Stavanger. It is the church for the Hafrsfjord parish which is part of the Ytre Stavanger prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1864 using designs by the architect Hans Linstow. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Revheim Church
Revheim kirke
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58°57′08″N 5°38′39″E / 58.952286°N 5.644057°E / 58.952286; 5.644057
LocationStavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1864
Consecrated1864
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Hans Linstow
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1864
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseStavanger bispedømme
DeaneryYtre Stavanger prosti
ParishHafrsfjord
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85291

Fire

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The church was partially destroyed by arson 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 Early Norwegian black metal scene.[3]

The church was reopened on 5 April 1994.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Revheim kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ Moynihan, Michael; Søderlind, Didrik (2003) [1998]. Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground (Revised and expanded ed.). Port Townsend, Washington: Feral House. pp. 82f. ISBN 0-922915-94-6.