Sand Church | |
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Sand kirke | |
68°26′01″N 14°36′50″E / 68.4336236°N 14.6138607°E | |
Location | Hadsel, Nordland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Chapel |
Founded | 13th century |
Consecrated | 1914 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1914 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 100 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
Deanery | Vesterålen prosti |
Parish | Melbu |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85372 |
Sand Church (Norwegian: Sand kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sanden on the island of Austvågøya. It is an annex chapel for the Melbu parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1914 to serve the southern part of Hadsel (on Austvågøya island). The chapel seats about 100 people.[1] The building was also used as a school for many years, but the school closed in 1990.[2]