Vågan Church
| Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral") | |
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| Vågan kirke ("Lofotkatedralen") | |
 View of the church | |
  Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral") Location in Nordland  Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral") Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral") (Norway) | |
| 68°12′57″N 14°29′00″E / 68.2157°N 14.4832°E | |
| Location | Vågan, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1100s |
| Consecrated | 9 October 1898 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Carl J. Bergstrøm |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 1200 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
| Deanery | Lofoten prosti |
| Parish | Vågan |
Vågan Church (Norwegian: Vågan kirke; sometimes called the Lofoten Cathedral) is a parish church in the municipality of Vågan in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kabelvåg on the island of Austvågøya. The church is part of the Vågan parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. Seating about 1,200 people, this church is the largest wooden building in Northern Norway. [1]
History
This has been a church site since the 12th century. Lofoten's first church was built here during the time of King Øystein Magnusson (c. 1088– 1123). Five or six different churches have been built on this very location throughout the last 900 years. One former church was moved to Værøy in 1799 (see Old Værøy Church). The present church was built in 1898 to be large enough to accommodate all the fishermen who came to Kabelvåg each season. It was nicknamed Lofoten Cathedral (Lofotkatedralen) by Eivind Berggrav, Bishop of the Diocese of Oslo in 1929. The church was designed in Gothic revival style by architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm (1828-1898). [2] [3]
When the Lofoten cathedral was completed, the "old church" was still located just across the road, until it was demolished in the summer of 1900.[4][5]
Gallery
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Nave
See also
References
- ^ Geir Thorsnæs. "Vågan". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ "Vågan kirke 100 år av Håkon Brun". Svolvær Historielag. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ Jens Christian Eldal. "Carl J. Bergstrøm". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
- ^ "Vågan kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Vågan kirke - Lofotkatedralen" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
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