Sortland Church
| Sortland Church | |
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| Sortland kirke | |
 View of the church | |
  Sortland Church Location in Nordland  Sortland Church Location in Nordland | |
| Coordinates: 68°42′01″N 15°24′44″E / 68.7002°N 15.4123°E | |
| Location | Sortland, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Founded | 14th century |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Carl Julius Bergstrøm and Karl Norum |
| Style | Neo-gothic |
| Completed | 1901 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 840 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Sortland |
| Deanery | Vesterålen prosti |
| Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Sortland Church (Norwegian: Sortland kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Sortland in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Sortland. The church is part of the Sortland parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.
History
The church in Sortland dates back to at least 1370. Several buildings have been used, the current one was built in 1902 to replace a church that was built in 1776. The present, white, wooden church was built in 1902 and it seats about 840 people. It was designed by the architects Carl Julius Bergstrøm and Karl Norum in the neo-gothic style.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ "Sortland kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
Church of Norway churches in the Vesterålen deanery, Nordland county, Norway | |||
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