Strandlandet Church
| Strandlandet Church | |
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| Strandlandet kirke | |
  Strandlandet Church Location in Nordland  Strandlandet Church Location in Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 68°23′34″N 14°28′08″E / 68.3929°N 14.4688°E | |
| Location | Vågan, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Sverre Pettersen |
| Completed | 1938 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 250 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Strandlandet |
| Deanery | Lofoten prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Strandlandet Church (Norwegian: Strandlandet kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vågan in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Straumnes on the northwestern part of the island of Austvågøya. The church is part of the Strandlandet parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1938 to serve the eastern part of the old municipality of Gimsøy. It was designed by Sverre Pettersen and it seats about 250 people.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Strandlandet kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ↑ "Strandlandet kirke" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
Church of Norway churches in the Lofoten deanery, Nordland county, Norway | |||
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