Flakstad Church
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| 68°06′17″N 13°18′23″E / 68.1048°N 13.3063°E | |
| Location | Flakstad, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 15th century |
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| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Cruciform |
| Completed | 1780 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 250 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
| Deanery | Lofoten prosti |
| Parish | Flakstad |
Flakstad Church (Template:Lang-no) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Flakstad Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flakstad. It is the church for the Flakstad parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1780. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2] It is the millennium site for Flakstad Municipality.
The long, low church building is a cog-jointed construction using timbers clad externally with red-painted wooden paneling, as was usual at the end of the eighteenth century. The small-paned windows have white frames. The roof is covered with tiles and a ridge turret with an onion dome and spire crowns the intersection of the cross arms.[3]
History
Flakstad Church was first mentioned in existing written sources in 1430, but it was likely built before that time. The building was a timber-framed cruciform design. It was destroyed by a storm during the 1700s. The new (present) church was built of timber from Russia. It was built next to the old the church and it seats about 300 people. One of chandeliers in the church also comes from Russia. Several of the items in today's church originate from the old the church including two chandeliers and the altartable. A hurricane blew the church tower off in 1874. The tower was then temporarily set up next to the church. During renovations in 1938, the tower was put back in place on top of the church.[4][5]
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References
- ^ "Flakstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ^ "Flakstad kirke". Arkitekturguide: Nord-Norge og Svalbard. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
- ^ "Referat fra NAS' tur til Lofoten, 28. mai til 1. juni 2003" (in Norwegian). arkeologi.no. Archived from the original on 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Flakstad kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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