Vega Church
Vega Church | |
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Vega kirke | |
Vega Church Location in Nordland Vega Church Location in Nordland | |
Coordinates: 65°40′32″N 11°57′44″E / 65.6756°N 11.9621°E | |
Location | Vega, Nordland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Completed | 1864 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 430 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Vega |
Deanery | Sør-Helgeland |
Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Vega Church (Norwegian: Vega kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vega in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gladstad. The church is part of the Vega parish in the Sør-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1864. It was consecrated on 14 July 1864 by the Bishop Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop.[1] The church seats about 430 people.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Vega kirke" (in Norwegian). Vega kommune. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Vega kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
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