Sulitjelma Church

Sulitjelma Church (Norwegian: Sulitjelma kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sulitjelma. It is the church for the Sulitjelma parish which is part of the Salten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1899 by the architect Worm Hirsch Lund. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2][3]

Sulitjelma Church
Sulitjelma kirke
View of the church
Sulitjelma Church
Location of the church
Sulitjelma Church
Sulitjelma Church (Norway)
67.1355°N 16.0577°E / 67.1355; 16.0577
LocationFauske, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated12 Nov 1899
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Worm Hirsch Lund
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1899
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishSulitjelma
DeanerySalten prosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

History

The building was consecrated on 12 November 1899 by Bishop Peter Wilhelm Bøckman (1851–1926). In 1996, a new parish graveyard was built on the southern part of the village, and the Sulitjelma Chapel was built on that site.[4]

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See also
  • List of churches in Nordland

References
  1. "Sulitjelma kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
  3. "Sulitjelma kirke". lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  4. "Sulitjelma Kirke" (in Norwegian). Fauske Kirkelig Fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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