Strandlandet Church

Strandlandet Church (Norwegian: Strandlandet kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Straumnes on the northwestern part of the island of Austvågøya. It is the church for the Strandlandet parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1938 by the architect Sverre Pettersen. The church seats about 250 people and originally it was built to serve the eastern part of the old Gimsøy Municipality.[1][2][3]

Strandlandet Church
Strandlandet kirke
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68.3929°N 14.4688°E / 68.3929; 14.4688
Location	Vågan, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Sverre Pettersen
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1938
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Strandlandet
Deanery	Lofoten prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Strandlandet kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
3. "Strandlandet kirke" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-18.