Hemnes Church

Hemnes Church (Norwegian: Hemnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hemnesberget. It is the church for the Hemnes parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal-cruciform style in 1872 by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church seats about 800 people.[1][2]

Hemnes Church
Hemnes kirke
View of the church
Hemnes Church Location of the church Hemnes Church Hemnes Church (Norway)
66.2258°N 13.6119°E
Location	Hemnes, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	1872
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Niels S.D. Eckhoff
Architectural type	Cruciform/Octagonal
Specifications
Capacity	800
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Hemnes
Deanery	Indre Helgeland prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

History

The first mention of a church in Hemnes in historical records is in 1589. The old church building was torn down and replaced in 1658 with a new log building. The church was a cruciform design with a steeple rising from the center. Nearly one hundred years later in 1742, the old church was replaced again. The 1742 church was demolished in 1872 and replaced with the present church building. The new church was built slightly to the south of where the previous church stood. There was a cemetery located on the church grounds for centuries, but it has not been used since 1886 when a new cemetery was established to the northeast of the church.[3]

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Hemnes kirke, Hemnesberget". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
3. "Hemnes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-09-30.