367:. A new cemetery at Skogajordet was established in 1967. The cemetery is relatively hilly and surrounded by a picket fence. The architect Karl Stenersen was commissioned to design the new chapel in 1969 and made two drafts: a traditional church building and a more modern hexagonal building. The parish chose the modern one. The basic shape of the chapel is like an equilateral triangle where the tips are cut off, making it a hexagon shape. The roof construction looks like a large church spire. The foundation stone was laid in 1971, and the chapel (as it was then titled) was built by builder Bjarne Sanne and
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