Melbu Church
| Melbu Church | |
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| Melbu kirke | |
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| 68°30′11″N 14°47′49″E / 68.5030°N 14.7970°E | |
| Location | Hadsel, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Harald Sund |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1938 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 250 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
| Deanery | Vesterålen prosti |
| Parish | Melbu |
Melbu Church (Norwegian: Melbu kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Melbu on the island of Hadseløya. It is the main church for the Melbu parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1938 by the architect Harald Sund. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2][3]
History
There was a medieval church in Melbu, but the old stave church became run down and in poor condition, so there were no more worship services held after 1694. The church remained standing until at least 1750, but it was in "fragile" condition by then. The exact location of the old church is unknown. In 1919, Mrs. Maren Fredriksen from the Melbu farm sought to have a church located in the Melbu area to serve the people in that area. She donated land south of the farm in 1932 for the church and a surrounding graveyard with room for about 160 graves. The church was completed in 1938.[4]
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References
- ^ "Melbu kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ^ "Kirkene våre" (in Norwegian). Hadsel kirkelige fellesråd. Archived from the original on 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ "Melbu kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
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