Husby Chapel

Husby Chapel
Husby kapell
View of the church
Husby Chapel Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 66°13′30″N 12°45′49″E / 66.2250°N 12.7636°E / 66.2250; 12.7636
Location	Nesna, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	2 June 1905
Architecture
Status	Chapel
Functional status	Active
Completed	1905
Specifications
Capacity	100
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Nesna
Deanery	Nord-Helgeland
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Husby Chapel (Norwegian: Husby kapell) is a chapel in the municipality of Nesna in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Husby on the southern shore of the island of Tomma. The church is part of the Nesna parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.^[1]

The white, wooden chapel was built in 1905 as a private farm chapel for the Husby Estate. It was consecrated on 2 June 1905 as part of the Dønnes parish and had 4 worship services each year.^[2] It was transferred to Nesna parish in 1962, and since 2005, it has six regularly scheduled worship services each year in addition to special events such as weddings or funerals.

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

Church of Norway churches in the Nord-Helgeland deanery, Nordland county, Norway Alstahaug Dønna Herøy Leirfjord Lurøy Nesna Rødøy Træna Alstahaug Church Sandnessjøen Church Skålvær Church Tjøtta Church Dønnes Church Hæstad Church Løkta Church Nordvik Church Vandve Church Herøy Church Gåsvær Chapel Husvær Chapel Sandvær Chapel Bardal Church Leirfjord Church Aldersund Church Lovund Church Lurøy Church Moflag Church Nesna Church Handnesøya Chapel Husby Chapel Rødøy Church Sørfjorden Church Tjongsfjorden Church Træna Church Fiskernes Chapel