Nesna Church | |
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Nesna kirke | |
66°12′02″N 13°01′32″E / 66.2005027°N 13.0255848°E | |
Location | Nesna Municipality, Nordland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 15th century |
Consecrated | 17 Sept 1880 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Niels S.D. Eckhoff |
Architectural type | Octagonal cruciform |
Style | Neo-Gothic |
Completed | 1880 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 480 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Sør-Hålogaland |
Deanery | Nord-Helgeland prosti |
Parish | Nesna |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 85122 |
Nesna Church (Norwegian: Nesna kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nesna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nesna and it serves as the main church for the Nesna parish, which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, neo-gothic, wooden church was built in an octagonal cruciform style in 1880, based on plans drawn up by the architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church seats about 480 people.[1][2]