Alstahaug Church

Alstahaug Church (Norwegian: Alstahaug kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of seven surviving medieval churches in northern Norway. The church is associated with Petter Dass, who was appointed vicar in 1689.[1]

Alstahaug Church
Alstahaug kirke
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65.8940°N 12.3978°E / 65.8940; 12.3978
Location	Alstahaug, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Previous denomination	Catholic Church
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	12th century
Specifications
Capacity	270
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Alstahaug
Deanery	Nord-Helgeland prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

The church is located in the village of Alstahaug on the southern end of the island of Alsta. It is the church for the parish of Alstahaug, which is part of the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in a long-church style in the 12th century. The church seats about 270 people.[2][3]

Helgeland Kammerkor, a mixed choir from the district of Helgeland, used Alstahaug Church as the venue for a recording of folk music from Helgeland (Folketoner fra Helgeland, 2005). The album contains 27 folk tunes from Helgeland, recorded in collaboration with folk musicians from the area.

Gallery

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  Exterior
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  Exterior
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  Church atlapiece
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  Church altar
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  Church Portal

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Alstahaug Church". Petter Dass-museet. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
2. "Alstahaug kirke, Alstahaug". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
3. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-10-07.