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Bjørnskinn Church

Coordinates: 69°00′03″N 15°37′47″E / 69.0007°N 15.6297°E / 69.0007; 15.6297
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Bjørnskinn Church
Bjørnskinn kirke
View of the church
Bjørnskinn Church is located in Nordland
Bjørnskinn Church
Bjørnskinn Church
Location in Nordland
69°00′03″N 15°37′47″E / 69.0007°N 15.6297°E / 69.0007; 15.6297
LocationAndøy, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1700s
Consecrated29 April 1885
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Johan Kunig
Completed1885
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Sør-Hålogaland
DeaneryVesterålen prosti
ParishBjørnskinn

Bjørnskinn Church (Template:Lang-no) is a parish church in the municipality of Andøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bjørnskinn on the island of Andøya. The church is part of the Bjørnskinn parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[1]

History

The oldest church in Bjørnskinn was located right at the base of the local mountain on the north side of Bjørnskinn. That church was destroyed in an avalanche in the 1700s. It was replaced by a wood church in 1740. That church lasted over 100 years before it needed replacement. After some time and debate about the location of the replacement church, a new church was built in 1885 in the village of Bjørnskinn. The new church was designed by the local architect, Johan Kunig, to seat about 250 people. The new church was consecrated on 29 April 1885 by the Bishop Jacob Sverdrup Smitt. The organ in Bjørnskinn church was built in 1860 and has been at the church since 1936.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bjørnskinn kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  2. ^ "Kirker i Andøy" (in Norwegian). Vesterålen.info. Retrieved 2012-08-04.


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