Borge Church

Borge Church
Borge kirke

View of the church
Borge Church
Location in Nordland
Borge Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 68°14′41″N 13°46′15″E / 68.2448°N 13.7708°E / 68.2448; 13.7708
Location Vestvågøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical
History
Founded Before 1335
Consecrated 31 May 1987
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Knut Gjernes
Completed 1987
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Concrete
Administration
Parish Borge
Deanery Lofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Borge Church (Norwegian: Borge kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vestvågøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bøstad. The church is part of the Borge parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The church is a rectangular building constructed with concrete in 1986. It was consecrated on 31 May 1987 and has 350 seats. The architect for the church was Knut Gjernes.[1]

Borge church is first mentioned in written sources in a document from 1335. A church in Borge was built in 1798, rebuilt in 1877 and burned down in 1896. A new church was consecrated in 1898. That church burned down 14 February 1983. The present church was built in 1986 to replace the previous one.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Borge Kirke, Vestvågøy" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  2. ↑ "Borge menighet". Vestvågøy kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-06-24.


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