Rødøy Church
Rødøy Church | |
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Rødøy kirke | |
Rødøy Church Location in Nordland Rødøy Church Location in Nordland | |
Coordinates: 66°39′33″N 13°04′40″E / 66.6592°N 13.0777°E | |
Location | Rødøy, Nordland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Events | 2009 fire |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | A. Grenstad |
Completed | 1885 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 700 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Rødøy |
Deanery | Nord-Helgeland |
Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Rødøy Church (Norwegian: Rødøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Rødøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Rødøya. The church is part of the Rødøy parish in the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1885 and it seats about 700 people. The church had a fire in 2009 after a lightning strike.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Rødøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ↑ Nygård, Beate. "124 år gammel kirke i branndrama" (in Norwegian). Rana blad. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
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