Hamarøy Church

Hamarøy Church
Hamarøy kirke

View of the church
Hamarøy Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 68°05′02″N 15°38′17″E / 68.0838°N 15.6381°E / 68.0838; 15.6381
Location Hamarøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded Abt. 1660
Consecrated 16 June 1974
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Nils Toft
Completed 1974
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Hamarøy
Deanery Ofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Hamarøy Church (Norwegian: Hamarøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Presteid. The church is part of the Hamarøy parish in the Ofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The church was built in 1974 to replace an older church. The present church seats about 400 people and was designed by architect Nils Toft.[1][2]

History

Hamarøy church is located on an old church site. The oldest known church was built here around 1660. That church was replaced around 1770 by the "Old Hamarøy Church". In 1885, the Old Hamarøy Church was moved to Karlsøy where it still stands as the Sagfjord Church. After moving the old church to Karlsøy, a new church was built at the same site. This "new" church burned down in October 1969 after a lightning strike. The present church was completed in 1974 on this same historic church site.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hamarøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. ↑ "Våre kirker" (in Norwegian). Hamarøy menighet. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  3. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Hamarøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-05-11.


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