Moskenes Church

Church in Nordland, Norway

67°54′02″N 13°02′49″E / 67.9005090°N 13.04696068°E / 67.9005090; 13.04696068LocationMoskenes, NordlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded16th centuryConsecrated1 August 1821ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Kirsten Wleügel KnutssønArchitectural typeCruciformCompleted1819 (205 years ago) (1819)SpecificationsCapacity280MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseSør-HålogalandDeaneryLofoten prostiParishMoskenes

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

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Moskenes Church (Norwegian: Moskenes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in on the small Moskenes peninsula, located immediately north of the village of Sørvågen. It is one of the two churches for the Moskenes parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1819 using plans drawn up by the architect Kirsten Wleügel Knutssøn. The church seats about 280 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church in Moskenes date back to 1589, but the church was not new that year. In 1750, the church was described as a small wooden church with a flat roof and no steeple or sacristy. It had a small cemetery with a nice stone wall around it. That church was torn down and replaced in 1819 by the present wooden, cruciform church. The new church was not consecrated until 1 August 1821.^[3]

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References

^ "Moskenes kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
^ "Moskenes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 3 November 2018.