Øksnes Church

Øksnes Church
Øksnes kirke

View of the church
Øksnes Church

Location in Nordland

Coordinates: 68°52′38″N 14°58′21″E / 68.8773°N 14.9726°E
Location Øksnes, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1703
Specifications
Capacity 450
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Øksnes
Deanery Vesterålen prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Øksnes Church (Norwegian: Øksnes kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Øksnes in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the island of Skogsøya. The church is part of the Øksnes parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1703, and it seats about 450 people.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Øksnes kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-02.