Byåsen Church is a parish church

Parish church

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 in the municipality of Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, Norway

Norway

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. It is located in Hallset in the Byåsen

Byåsen

Byåsen is a district in the city of Trondheim, Norway, situated to the west of the city centre. This is mainly a residential area, with 32 136 residents as of January 1, 2003. The name Byåsen can be translated into "City Hill", which describes its elevated position, overlooking the rest of...

 area of the city of Trondheim, on the western side of the Nidelva

Nidelva

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 river. The church is part of the Byåsen

Byåsen

Byåsen is a district in the city of Trondheim, Norway, situated to the west of the city centre. This is mainly a residential area, with 32 136 residents as of January 1, 2003. The name Byåsen can be translated into "City Hill", which describes its elevated position, overlooking the rest of...

 parish

Parish

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 in the Byåsen deanery

Deanery

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 in the Diocese of Nidaros

Diocese of Nidaros

Nidaros is a diocese in the Lutheran Church of Norway. It covers Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties and its cathedral city is Trondheim, which houses the well-known Nidaros Cathedral. The diocese is divided into 12 deaneries . Finn Wagle was the bishop from 1991 to 2008...

.

The hexagonal concrete

Concrete

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 church was built in 1974, and it was consecrated on 1 December 1974 by the bishop Tord Godal

Tord Godal

Tord Godal was a Norwegian theologian and bishop for the Diocese of Nidaros. He was decorated Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1969. Godal was also a Freemason....

. The architect

Architect

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was Arnstad og Heggenhougen. It originally was called Hallset Church, but the name was changed to better reflect the area that it served.