Alstahaug Church

Alstahaug Church
Alstahaug kirke

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Alstahaug Church
Location in Nordland
Alstahaug Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 65°53′38″N 12°23′52″E / 65.8940°N 12.3978°E / 65.8940; 12.3978
Location Alstahaug, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Completed 12th century
Specifications
Capacity 270
Materials Stone
Administration
Parish Alstahaug
Deanery Nord-Helgeland
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Alstahaug Church (Norwegian: Alstahaug kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of seven surviving medieval era churches in northern Norway. The church is associated with Petter Dass who was appointed vicar in 1689.[1]

The church is located in the village of Alstahaug on the southern end of the island of Alsta. The church is part of the Alstahaug parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in the 12th century and it seats about 270 people.[2]

Helgeland Kammerkor, a mixed choir from the district of Helgeland, used Alstahaug Church as the venue for a recording of folk music from Helgeland (Folketoner fra Helgeland, 2005). The album contains 27 folk tunes from Helgeland, recorded in collaboration with folk musicians from the area.

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References

  1. ↑ "Alstahaug Church". Petter Dass-museet. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Alstahaug kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-01-04.


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