Sildpollnes Church

Sildpollnes Church
Sildpollnes kirke

View of the church
Sildpollnes Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 68°19′20″N 14°43′12″E / 68.322322°N 14.720042°E / 68.322322; 14.720042
Location Vågan, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1891
Specifications
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Svolvær
Deanery Lofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Sildpollnes Church (Norwegian: Sildpollnes kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vågan in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the Sildpollneset peninsula on the island of Austvågøya. The church is part of the Svolvær parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1891 as a bedehus and in 1961 its status was upgraded to a chapel. The church is a very popular tourist location due to its location on a peninsula in the middle of a fjord with mountains in the background. It is located very close to European route E10, so it is easy to get to and photograph.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Sildpollnes kapell" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-21.


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