Vestbygd Church

Vestbygd Church
Vestbygd kirke
Vestbygd Church

Location in Nordland

Coordinates: 68°20′39″N 15°30′13″E / 68.3441°N 15.5036°E
Location Lødingen, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Johannes Henrik Nissen
Completed 1885
Specifications
Capacity 230
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Lødingen
Deanery Ofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Vestbygd Church (Norwegian: Vestbygd kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Lødingen in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vågehamn. The church is part of the Lødingen parish in the Ofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1885. It was designed by the architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The building seats about 230 people and holds worship services one Sunday each month (services are held at the nearby Lødingen Church on the other Sundays.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Vestbygd kirke, Lødingen" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-06-12.

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