Skjerstad Church
| Skjerstad Church | |
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| Skjerstad kirke | |
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View of the church | |
  Skjerstad Church Location in Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 67°14′03″N 15°01′16″E / 67.2343°N 15.0211°E | |
| Location | Bodø, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Founded | 1877 |
| Events | Fire: 17 May 1955 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Arnstein Arneberg |
| Completed | 1959 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Materials | Stone and concrete |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Misvær og Skjerstad |
| Deanery | Bodø domprosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Skjerstad Church (Norwegian: Skjerstad kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjerstad, along the Skjerstadfjorden. The church is part of the Misvær og Skjerstad parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, stone and concrete church was built in 1959, and it was designed by Arnstein Arneberg. The church seats about 500 people. The church was built to replace an earlier, larger church built in 1877. The 1877 church was destroyed by fire on 17 May 1955.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Misvær og Skjerstad menigheter" (in Norwegian). bodo.kirken.no. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
- ↑ "Skjerstad kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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