Skjerstad Church

Skjerstad Church
Skjerstad kirke

View of the church
Skjerstad Church
Location in Nordland
Skjerstad Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°14′03″N 15°01′16″E / 67.2343°N 15.0211°E / 67.2343; 15.0211
Location Bodø, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 1877
Events Fire: 17 May 1955
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Arnstein Arneberg
Completed 1959
Specifications
Capacity 500
Materials Stone and concrete
Administration
Parish Misvær og Skjerstad
Deanery Bodø domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Skjerstad Church (Norwegian: Skjerstad kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjerstad, along the Skjerstadfjorden. The church is part of the Misvær og Skjerstad parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, stone and concrete church was built in 1959, and it was designed by Arnstein Arneberg. The church seats about 500 people. The church was built to replace an earlier, larger church built in 1877. The 1877 church was destroyed by fire on 17 May 1955.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Misvær og Skjerstad menigheter" (in Norwegian). bodo.kirken.no. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Skjerstad kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-03-21.


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