Saltstraumen Church

Saltstraumen Church
Saltstraumen kirke
View of the church
Saltstraumen Church Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°14′01″N 14°37′31″E / 67.2335°N 14.6254°E / 67.2335; 14.6254
Location	Bodø, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	J. E. Olsen
Completed	1886
Specifications
Capacity	370
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Saltstraumen
Deanery	Bodø domprosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Saltstraumen Church (Norwegian: Saltstraumen kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Saltstraumen. The church is part of the Saltstraumen parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1886. Around 1900 it was moved about 300 metres (980 ft) away from its original location due to soil instability.^[1]

References

↑ "Saltstraumen kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-03-21.

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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Saltstraumen Church

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