Helligvær Church

Helligvær Church (Norwegian: Helligvær kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the small island of Store Sørøya in the Helligvær islands in the Vestfjorden west of the town of Bodø. It is an annex chapel for the Bodin parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The small, white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1899. The chapel seats about 100 people.[1] It was originally a small bedehus (meeting house), but in 1908 it was consecrated as an official chapel.[2]

Helligvær Church
Helligvær kirke
View of the church (from: Kirken.no)
Helligvær Church Location of the church Helligvær Church Helligvær Church (Norway)
67.4230°N 13.9322°E
Location	Bodø, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Chapel
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1899
Specifications
Capacity	100
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Bodin
Deanery	Bodø domprosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
2. "Helligvær kirke" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2012-03-20.