Kjerringøy Church

Kjerringøy Church
Kjerringøy kirke

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Kjerringøy Church
Location in Nordland
Kjerringøy Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°31′08″N 14°45′31″E / 67.5189°N 14.7586°E / 67.5189; 14.7586
Location Bodø, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 16th century
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) J. E. Olsen
Completed 1883
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Kjerringøy og Rønvik
Deanery Bodø domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Kjerringøy Church (Norwegian: Kjerringøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjerringøy. The church is part of the Kjerringøy og Rønvik parish in the northern part of Bodø in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1883, and it is the third church building on this site since the 16th century. The present building seats about 350 people and has worship services every three weeks.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kjerringøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-03-20.
  2. ↑ "Kjerringøy kirke" (in Norwegian). kirken.bodo.no. Retrieved 2012-03-20.


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