Fiplingdal Church

Fiplingdal Church (Norwegian: Fiplingdal kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Grane Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the north side of the tiny village of Leiren on the north end of the lake Nedre Fiplingvatnet. It is an annex chapel for the Grane parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1946 to serve as a mission house. The church seats about 70 people.[1]

Fiplingdal Church
Fiplingdal kirke
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65.4260°N 13.6604°E / 65.4260; 13.6604
Location	Grane, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Chapel
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1946
Specifications
Capacity	70
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Grane
Deanery	Indre Helgeland prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

The building was consecrated as a "chapel" on 6 December 1964. In 2012, the chapel was renovated and a new bathroom was completed. The chapel holds about 10 worship services there each year in additions to baptisms, confirmations, weddings, and funerals.[2][3]

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
2. "Grane menighet / Kirken" (in Norwegian). Grane kommune. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
3. "Fiplingdal kirke" (in Norwegian). Grane menighet. Retrieved 2018-09-29.