Valnesfjord Church

Valnesfjord Church
Valnesfjord kirke

View of the church
Valnesfjord Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°17′34″N 15°10′26″E / 67.2927°N 15.1738°E / 67.2927; 15.1738
Location Fauske, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 14 June 1905
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) K. Tessem
Completed 1905
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Valnesfjord
Deanery Salten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Valnesfjord Church (Norwegian: Valnesfjord kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Straumsnes. The church is part of the Valnesfjord parish in the Salten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was completed in 1905, and it was consecrated on 14 June 1905 the Bishop Peter Wilhelm Bøckman. The church seats about 315 people.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. "Valnesfjord Kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
  2. "Valnesfjord kirke" (in Norwegian). Fauske kirkelig fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-04-04.


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