Sandnessjøen Church

Sandnessjøen Church
Sandnessjøen kirke

View of the church
Sandnessjøen Church
Location in Nordland
Sandnessjøen Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 66°01′09″N 12°37′05″E / 66.0192°N 12.6181°E / 66.0192; 12.6181
Location Alstahaug, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) A. Grenstad
Completed 1882
Specifications
Capacity 380
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Sandnessjøen
Deanery Nord-Helgeland
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Sandnessjøen Church (Norwegian: Sandnessjøen kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Sandnessjøen. The church is part of the Sandnessjøen parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1881 and it seats about 380 people.[1] The church was consecrated on 31 July 1882 by the bishop Jacob Sverdrup Smitt.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sandnessjøen kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Sandnessjøen" (in Norwegian). Kirken i Alstahaug. Retrieved 2012-01-04.


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