Husby Chapel

Husby Chapel (Norwegian: Husby kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nesna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Husby on the southern shore of the island of Tomma. It is an annex chapel in the Nesna parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[1]

Husby Chapel
Husby kapell
View of the chapel
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66.2250°N 12.7636°E / 66.2250; 12.7636
Location	Nesna, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Chapel
Consecrated	2 June 1905
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1905
Specifications
Capacity	100
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Nesna
Deanery	Nord-Helgeland prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1905 as a private farm chapel for the Husby Estate. The chapel seats about 100 people. It was consecrated on 2 June 1905 as part of the Dønnes parish and had 4 worship services each year.[2] It was transferred to Nesna parish in 1962, and since 2005, it has six regularly scheduled worship services each year in addition to special events such as weddings or funerals.[3]

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
2. "Informasjon om Dønna" (in Norwegian).
3. Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227.