Kjerringøy Church

Kjerringøy Church (Norwegian: Kjerringøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kjerringøy. It is one of the two churches for the Kjerringøy og Rønvik parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1883 by the architect J. E. Olsen. The church seats about 300 people and it has one worship service every three weeks.[1][2]

Kjerringøy Church
Kjerringøy kirke
View of the church
Kjerringøy Church
Location of the church
Kjerringøy Church
Kjerringøy Church (Norway)
67.5189°N 14.7586°E / 67.5189; 14.7586
LocationBodø, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded16th century
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)J. E. Olsen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1883
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishKjerringøy og Rønvik
DeaneryBodø domprosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

History

The first known church in Kjerringøy was built in the 16th century. In 1763, records show that an old church building was torn down in Kjerringøy and those records show that that church had been built by the residents from "time immemorial". After that, a new timber church was built that had a long church design. There is an existing photograph of this building from around 1860. In 1883, the church was torn down and replaced with the present building.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Kjerringøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  3. "Kjerringøy kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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