Moskenes Church

Moskenes Church (Norwegian: Moskenes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in on the small Moskenes peninsula, located immediately north of the village of Sørvågen. It is one of the two churches for the Moskenes parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1819 by the architect Kirsten Wleügel Knutssøn. The church seats about 280 people.[1][2]

Moskenes Church
Moskenes kirke
View of the church
Moskenes Church
Location of the church
Moskenes Church
Moskenes Church (Norway)
67.9004°N 13.0463°E / 67.9004; 13.0463
LocationMoskenes, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated1 August 1821
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Kirsten Wleügel Knutssøn
Architectural typeCruciform
Completed1819
Specifications
Capacity280
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishMoskenes
DeaneryLofoten prosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church in Moskenes date back to 1589. In 1750, the church was described as a small wooden church with a flat roof and no steeple. It had a small cemetery with a nice stone wall around it. That church was torn down and replaced in 1819 by the present wooden, cruciform church.[3]

See also

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