Gimsøy Church

Gimsøy Church
Gimsøy kirke

View of the church
Gimsøy Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 68°19′15″N 14°14′29″E / 68.3207°N 14.2413°E / 68.3207; 14.2413
Location Vågan, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 18 October 1876
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Carl J. Bergstrøm
Completed 1876
Specifications
Capacity 300
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Gimsøy og Strauman
Deanery Lofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Gimsøy Church (Norwegian: Gimsøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vågan in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gimsøy on the island of Gimsøya. The church is part of the Gimsøy og Strauman parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[1]

History

Gimsøy Church has been around for a long time. The first record of the church comes from 1432 when Aslak Bolt referred to it in his writings. The church was originally located about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the northwest in the village of Vinje. The church was moved to its present site in 1800. The present building was constructed in 1876, and it was consecrated on 18 October 1876. The white, wooden church was built to seat about 300 people.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gimsøy kirke, Vågan" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Gimsøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-07-18.


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