Alstahaug Church
| Alstahaug Church | |
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| Alstahaug kirke | |
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View of the church | |
  Alstahaug Church Location in Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 65°53′38″N 12°23′52″E / 65.8940°N 12.3978°E | |
| Location | Alstahaug, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | 12th century |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 270 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Alstahaug |
| Deanery | Nord-Helgeland |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Alstahaug Church (Norwegian: Alstahaug kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alstahaug on the southern end of the island of Alsta. The church is part of the Alstahaug parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in the 12th century and it seats about 270 people.[1]
Helgeland Kammerkor, a mixed choir from the district of Helgeland, used Alstahaug Church as the venue for a recording of folk music from Helgeland (Folketoner fra Helgeland, 2005). The album contains 27 folk tunes from Helgeland, recorded in collaboration with folk musicians from the area.
See also
References
- ↑ "Alstahaug kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
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