Majavatn Church

Majavatn Church (Norwegian: Majavatn kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Grane Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Majavatn, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of the village of Trofors, just alongside the large lake Majavatnet. 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 white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1915 as the "Majavatn misjonshus", an initiative of Paul Pedersen of the Norges Samemisjon. The church seats about 80 people.[1] On 11 June 1924, it was consecrate as a "chapel". The chapel holds about 5 scheduled worship services each year, in addition to baptisms, confirmations, weddings, and funerals.[2][3]

Majavatn Church
Majavatn kirke
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65.1660°N 13.3698°E / 65.1660; 13.3698
Location	Grane, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Majavatn kapell
Status	Chapel
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1915
Specifications
Capacity	80
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Grane
Deanery	Indre Helgeland prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

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. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
3. "Majavatn kirke" (in Norwegian). Grane menighet. Retrieved 2018-09-29.