Nøstvik Church

Nøstvik Church
Nøstvik kirke / Velfjord kirke

View of the church
Nøstvik Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 65°24′18″N 12°31′19″E / 65.4050°N 12.5220°E / 65.4050; 12.5220
Location Brønnøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 1674
Specifications
Capacity 270
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Velfjord og Tosen
Deanery Sør-Helgeland
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Nøstvik Church (also known as Velfjord Church) (Norwegian: Nøstvik kirke or Velfjord kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Brønnøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the west side of Hommelstø in Velfjord. The church is part of the Velfjord og Tosen parish in the Sør-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in 1674 and it seats about 270 people.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Nøstvik kirke" (in Norwegian). Velfjord.no. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
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