Hamarøy Church

Hamarøy Church
Hamarøy kirke
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Hamarøy Church Location in Nordland Hamarøy Church Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 68°05′02″N 15°38′17″E / 68.0838°N 15.6381°E
Location	Hamarøy, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded	Abt. 1660
Consecrated	16 June 1974
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Nils Toft
Completed	1974
Specifications
Capacity	400
Materials	Concrete
Administration
Parish	Hamarøy
Deanery	Ofoten prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Hamarøy Church (Norwegian: Hamarøy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Hamarøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Presteid. The church is part of the Hamarøy parish in the Ofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The church was built in 1974 to replace an older church. The present church seats about 400 people and was designed by architect Nils Toft.^[1][2]

History

Hamarøy church is located on an old church site. The oldest known church was built here around 1660. That church was replaced around 1770 by the "Old Hamarøy Church". In 1885, the Old Hamarøy Church was moved to Karlsøy where it still stands as the Sagfjord Church. After moving the old church to Karlsøy, a new church was built at the same site. This "new" church burned down in October 1969 after a lightning strike. The present church was completed in 1974 on this same historic church site.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Hamarøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
2. "Våre kirker" (in Norwegian). Hamarøy menighet. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
3. Store norske leksikon. "Hamarøy kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-05-11.