Sand Church (Nordland)
| Sand Church | |
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| Sand kirke | |
  Sand Church Location in Nordland  Sand Church Location in Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 68°26′01″N 14°36′49″E / 68.433611°N 14.613611°E | |
| Location | Hadsel, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | 1914 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 100 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Melbu |
| Deanery | Vesterålen prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Sand Church (Norwegian: Sand kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Hadsel in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sanden on the island of Austvågøya. The church is part of the Melbu parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white church was built in 1914 to serve the southern part of Hadsel (on Austvågøya island). It seats about 100 people. It was also used as a school for many years, but the school closed in 1990.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Kirkene våre" (in Norwegian). Hadsel kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
Church of Norway churches in the Vesterålen deanery, Nordland county, Norway | |||
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