Meløy Church

Meløy Church
Meløy kirke
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Coordinates: 66°49′25″N 13°24′24″E / 66.8235°N 13.4066°E / 66.8235; 13.4066
Location	Meløy, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded	14th century
Consecrated	23 July 1867
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Mosling and Nordan
Completed	1867
Specifications
Capacity	600
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Fore og Meløy
Deanery	Bodø domprosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Meløy Church (Norwegian: Meløy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Meløy on the island of Meløya. The church is part of the Fore og Meløy parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1867 and it was consecrated on 23 July 1867. The church seats about 600 people, making it the second largest wooden church in all of Northern Norway (after Vågan Church, the so-called Lofoten Cathedral).^[1]

References

↑ "Meløy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-02-09.

Church of Norway churches in the Bodø deanery, Nordland county, Norway
	Bodø	Bodin Church Bodø Cathedral Helligvær Church Kjerringøy Church Landegode Church Misvær Church Rønvik Church Saltstraumen Church Skjerstad Church Tverlandet Church
	Gildeskål	Gildeskål Church Old Gildeskål Church Mevik Chapel Nordstranda Chapel Saura Church Sørfjorden Chapel
	Meløy	Fore Church Glomfjord Church Halsa Church Meløy Church Ørnes Church
	Røst	Røst Church
	Værøy	Værøy Church Old Værøy Church

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