Solstad Church
Solstad Church (Norwegian: Solstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bindal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located along the Bindalsfjorden in the village of Holm. It is one of the two churches for the Bindal parish which is part of the Sør-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1888 by the architect Ole Scheistrøen. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]
| Solstad Church | |
|---|---|
| Solstad kirke | |
 View of the church | |
  Solstad Church Location in Nordland  Solstad Church Solstad Church (Norway) | |
| Location | Bindal, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1643 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Ole Scheistrøen |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1888 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Bindal |
| Deanery | Sør-Helgeland prosti |
| Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
History
People in the Bindal parish historically worshiped in nearby Sømna until 1643 when a church was built at Solstad in Bindal, just 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north of the village of Holm. That church remained for about a century and then during the 1700s, it was replaced on the same site with a new church. In 1888, the church in Solstad was disassembled and moved to the village of Lande in Brønnøy Municipality (where it stands today as Tosen Chapel), and the present (third) church was built in Holm.[3][4]
See also
References
- "Solstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- "Solstad kirke" (in Norwegian). Bindal kommune. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- "Solstad kirkested / Solstad kirke 3" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
 |  | ||