Evenes Church | |
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Evenes kirke | |
68°27′36″N 16°41′55″E / 68.45987899°N 16.69870913°E | |
Location | Evenes Municipality, Nordland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | c. 1250 |
Consecrated | 1800 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | J.B. Kreutzer |
Architectural type | Cruciform |
Completed | 1800 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 460 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
Deanery | Ofoten prosti |
Parish | Evenes |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 84106 |
Evenes Church (Norwegian: Evenes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Evenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Evenes, along the northern shore of the Ofotfjorden. It is the church for the Evenes parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1800 using plans drawn up by the architect Johan Bernhard Kreutzer. The church seats about 460 people.[1][2]