Øksnes Church

Øksnes Church
Øksnes kirke
View of the church
Øksnes Church
Location in Nordland
Øksnes Church
Øksnes Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°52′38″N 14°58′21″E / 68.8773°N 14.9726°E / 68.8773; 14.9726
Location Øksnes, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Completed 1703
Specifications
Capacity 450
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Øksnes
Deanery Vesterålen prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Øksnes Church (Norwegian: Øksnes kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Øksnes in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern tip of the island of Skogsøya. The church is part of the Øksnes parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[1]

The white wooden church was built in 1703. It seats about 450 people. The church has been remodeled a number of times, most recently in the 1930s. The altarpiece is a replica of a painting made by Gottfried Ezekiel (ca. 1719-1798) in 1759. The original is in the Bergen Museum. A native of Königsberg, Gottfried Ezekiel received a commission as a painter in Bergen during 1744. Dating from 1751 he arrived in northern Norway, where he painted a number of church altarpieces. [2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Geir Thorsnæs. "Øksnes". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Øksnes kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  3. ↑ Sigrid Christie. "Gottfried Ezekiel". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.


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