Andenes Church

Andenes Church
Andenes kirke

View of the church
Andenes Church

Location in Nordland

Coordinates: 69°19′07″N 16°07′37″E / 69.3185°N 16.126972°E
Location Andøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1734
Consecrated 30 June 1876
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1876
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Andenes
Deanery Vesterålen prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Andenes Church (Norwegian: Andenes kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Andøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Andenes on the island of Andøya. The church is part of the Andenes parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1876 and it seats about 400 people.[1]

History

The first church in Andenes was built in 1734, and that church lasted for almost 150 years. A new church (the present church) was built in 1876 and it was consecrated on 30 June 1876 by the Bishop Waldemar Hvoslef.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Andenes kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  2. "Kirker i Andøy" (in Norwegian). Vesterålen.info. Retrieved 2012-08-04.