Hattfjelldal Church

Hattfjelldal Church
Hattfjelldal kirke

View of the church
Hattfjelldal Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 65°35′49″N 13°59′30″E / 65.59694°N 13.9916°E / 65.59694; 13.9916
Location Hattfjelldal, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1727
Consecrated 12 August 1869
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jakob Nilsen Hagen, John Tverdal, and Nils Toft
Completed 1868
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Hattfjelldal
Deanery Indre Helgeland
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Hattfjelldal Church (Norwegian: Hattfjelldal kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Hattfjelldal in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hattfjelldal. The church is part of the Hattfjelldal parish in the Indre Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.

History

The present church is the third church building on this site. The first small chapel was built in 1727. That one was replaced in 1788 by a larger chapel. The present church was constructed in 1868 and it was consecrated on 12 August 1869 by Bishop Waldemar Hvoslef.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Hattfjelldal Kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  2. "Hattfjelldal kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirken.no. Retrieved 2011-11-17.


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