Gildeskål Church

Gildeskål Church
Gildeskål Hovedkirke
View of the church in the 1880s
Gildeskål Church Location in Nordland Gildeskål Church Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°03′33″N 14°02′34″E / 67.0591°N 14.0427°E
Location	Gildeskål, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Carl J. Bergstrøm
Style	Neo-Gothic
Completed	1881
Specifications
Capacity	750
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Gildeskål
Deanery	Bodø domprosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Gildeskål Church (Norwegian: Gildeskål Hovedkirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Gildeskål in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Inndyr. The church is part of the Gildeskål parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.^[1]

History

In 1851, a new law was passed that said that all rural churches had to be able to fit at least 30% of the parish members in the church building. Since the old Gildeskål Church was too small, a new church had to be built for the parish. It was decided that the new church would be built on the same site, just west of the old church. The new church was completed in 1881 and it seated about 750 people.^[2]

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Gildeskål hovedkirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
2. "Gildeskål hovedkirke" (in Norwegian). Gildeskål menighet. Retrieved 2012-02-17.