Moskenes Church

Moskenes Church
Moskenes kirke

View of the church
Moskenes Church
Location in Nordland
Moskenes Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°54′01″N 13°02′47″E / 67.9004°N 13.0463°E / 67.9004; 13.0463
Location Moskenes, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 1 August 1821
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Kirsten Flugel Knutssøn
Completed 1819
Specifications
Capacity 240
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Moskenes
Deanery Lofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Moskenes Church (Norwegian: Moskenes kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Moskenes in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Moskenes, just north of Sørvågen. The church is part of the Moskenes parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1819 and it seats about 240 people.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Moskenes kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-06-13.


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