Øksnes Church
| Øksnes Church | |
|---|---|
| Øksnes kirke | |
 View of the church | |
  Øksnes Church Location in Nordland  Øksnes Church Øksnes Church (Norway) | |
| 68°52′38″N 14°58′21″E / 68.8773°N 14.9726°E | |
| Location | Øksnes, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | 1703 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 450 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
| Deanery | Vesterålen prosti |
| Parish | Øksnes |
Øksnes Church (Norwegian: Øksnes kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Øksnes in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern tip of the island of Skogsøya. The church is part of the Øksnes parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[1]
The white wooden church was built in 1703. It seats about 450 people. The church has been remodeled a number of times, most recently in the 1930s. The altarpiece is a replica of a painting made by Gottfried Ezekiel (ca. 1719-1798) in 1759. The original is in the Bergen Museum. A native of Königsberg, Gottfried Ezekiel received a commission as a painter in Bergen during 1744. Dating from 1751 he arrived in northern Norway, where he painted a number of church altarpieces. [2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Øksnes". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
- ^ "Øksnes kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ Sigrid Christie. "Gottfried Ezekiel". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
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