Moskenes Church

Moskenes Church (Norwegian: Moskenes kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Moskenes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in on the small Moskenes peninsula, located immediately north of the village of Sørvågen. It is one of the two churches for the Moskenes parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a cruciform style in 1819 by the architect Kirsten Wleügel Knutssøn. The church seats about 280 people.[1][2]

Moskenes Church
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67.9004°N 13.0463°E / 67.9004; 13.0463
Location	Moskenes, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	1 August 1821
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Kirsten Wleügel Knutssøn
Architectural type	Cruciform
Completed	1819
Specifications
Capacity	280
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Moskenes
Deanery	Lofoten prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

History

The earliest existing historical records of the church in Moskenes date back to 1589. In 1750, the church was described as a small wooden church with a flat roof and no steeple. It had a small cemetery with a nice stone wall around it. That church was torn down and replaced in 1819 by the present wooden, cruciform church.[3]

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See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Moskenes kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
3. "Moskenes kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2018-11-03.