Melbu Church | |
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Melbu kirke | |
68°30′11″N 14°47′49″E / 68.50297125°N 14.79703366°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 |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
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 one of the churches 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 using plans drawn up by the architect Harald Sund. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2][3]