Leiranger Church

Leiranger Church (Norwegian: Leiranger kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steigen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leines. It is the main church for the Leiranger parish which is part of the Salten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The yellow, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1911 by the architect Nils Ryjord. The church seats about 500 people.[1][2]

Leiranger Church
Leiranger kirke
View of the church
Leiranger Church Location of the church Leiranger Church Leiranger Church (Norway)
67.7382°N 14.8064°E
Location	Steigen, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1734
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Nils Ryjord
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1911
Specifications
Capacity	500
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Leiranger
Deanery	Salten prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

History

The earliest existing historical records of this church date back to 1589, but it had been built some time before then. In 1690, the church was described as a small wooden church. A new church was built on the same site in 1734. It was a log cruciform design with no tower or steeple. In December of 1795, this church burned down after a lightning bolt hit the church and started a fire. A new church was finished in 1801, located on a higher plateau, just to the northwest of the graveyard which surrounded the old church. This timber-framed church was also a cruciform design. In 1909, the church burned again, from another lightning strike. The present church was completed in 1911.[3]

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Leiranger kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
3. "Leiranger kirkested - Leines kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-10-21.