Værøy Church

Værøy Church
Værøy kirke

View of the church (from: kirkenorge.no)
Værøy Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°39′49″N 12°41′36″E / 67.6637°N 12.6934°E / 67.6637; 12.6934
Location Værøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Harald Sund
Style Stone
Completed 1939
Specifications
Capacity 313
Administration
Parish Værøy
Deanery Bodø domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Værøy Church (Norwegian: Værøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Værøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sørland. The church is part of the Værøy parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, stone church was built in 1939. Before that time, the Old Værøy Church was the only church on the island, and it was about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away, on the other side of the island. Since the majority of the population lived in Sørland, the new church was built there. The old church is still used once a month for worship services.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Værøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-03-05.


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