Hamarøy Church

Hamarøy Church (Norwegian: Hamarøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hamarøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Presteid. It is the church for the Hamarøy parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, modern, concrete church was built in a fan-shaped style in 1974 by the architect Nils Toft. The church seats about 400 people.[1][2][3]

Hamarøy Church
Hamarøy kirke
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Hamarøy Church
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Hamarøy Church
Hamarøy Church (Norway)
68.0838°N 15.6381°E / 68.0838; 15.6381
LocationHamarøy, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded16th century
Consecrated16 June 1974
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Nils Toft
Architectural typeFan-shaped
Completed1974
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsConcrete
Administration
ParishHamarøy
DeaneryOfoten prosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

History

Hamarøy Church is located on an old church site. The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to 1589, but the building wasn't new at that time. The old stave church was torn down in 1655 and replaced with a new building on the same site. It was a timber-framed cruciform design. That church was replaced in 1775 by another church that is now known as the "Old Hamarøy Church". In 1840, the church was renovated and repaired. In 1885, the Old Hamarøy Church was taken down and moved to the village of Karlsøy on the nearby island of Finnøya where it is now known as the Sagfjord Church. After moving the old church to Karlsøy, a new Hamarøy Church was built to replace it just to the north of the old church site. This "new" church burned down in October 1969 after a lightning strike. The present church was completed in 1974.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Hamarøy kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
  3. "Våre kirker" (in Norwegian). Hamarøy menighet. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  4. Store norske leksikon. "Hamarøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  5. "Hamarøy kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
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