St. Petri Church

St. Petri Church
St. Peter's Church / Sankt Petri kirke
Petrikirken
View of the church
58°58′14″N 5°44′12″E / 58.970498°N 5.736734°E / 58.970498; 5.736734
LocationStavanger Municipality,
Rogaland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded13th century
Consecrated1866
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Fritz von der Lippe
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1866 (1866)
Specifications
Capacity900
MaterialsBrick
Administration
DioceseStavanger bispedømme
DeaneryStavanger domprosti
ParishDomkirken og St. Petri
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85539

St. Petri Church (Norwegian: St. Petri kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Storhaug which lies near the centre of the city of Stavanger in the far southwestern part of the municipality. It is one of the two churches for the Domkirken og St. Petri parish which is part of the Stavanger domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red, brick church was built in a long church style in 1866 using designs by the architect Fritz von der Lippe. The church seats about 900 people. The church is informally called the Petrikirken.