Digermulen Church

Digermulen Church (Norwegian: Digermulen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Digermulen on the island of Hinnøya. It is one of the churches for the Svolvær parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in an octagonal style in 1951 by the architects Andreas Melchior Wiel Nygaard
and Torstein Schyberg. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2][3]

Digermulen Church
Digermulen kirke
Digermulen Church
Location of the church
Digermulen Church
Digermulen Church (Norway)
68.3122°N 14.9849°E / 68.3122; 14.9849
LocationVågan, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated23 June 1951
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Andreas Wiel Nygaard
and Torstein Schyberg
Architectural typeoctagonal
Completed1951
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsConcrete
Administration
ParishSvolvær
DeaneryLofoten prosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

See also

References

  1. "Digermulen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  3. "Digermulen kirke" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
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