Hemnes Church

Hemnes Church
Hemnes kirke
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66°13′33″N 13°36′43″E / 66.2257835°N 13.6118647°E / 66.2257835; 13.6118647
LocationHemnes, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded15th century
Consecrated1872
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Niels S.D. Eckhoff
Architectural typeCruciform/Octagonal
Completed1872 (152 years ago) (1872)
Specifications
Capacity800
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseSør-Hålogaland
DeaneryIndre Helgeland prosti
ParishHemnes
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84544

Hemnes Church (Norwegian: Hemnes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hemnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hemnesberget. It is the church for the Hemnes parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal-cruciform style in 1872 using plans drawn up by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church seats about 800 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Hemnes kirke, Hemnesberget". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 September 2018.