Svolvær Church

Svolvær Church
Svolvær kirke

View of the church
Svolvær Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 68°14′00″N 14°33′47″E / 68.2333°N 14.5630°E / 68.2333; 14.5630
Location Vågan, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 25 April 1934
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Harald Sund and August Nielsen
Completed 1934
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Svolvær
Deanery Lofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Svolvær Church (Norwegian: Svolvær kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vågan in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Svolvær 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 concrete church was built in 1934 to serve the town of Svolvær. It seats about 400 people.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Svolvær kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  2. "Svolvær kirke" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-21.


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