Bø Church (Nordland)

Bø Church
Bø kirke i Vesterålen
View of the church
Bø Church
Location in Nordland
Bø Church
Bø Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°37′03″N 14°33′01″E / 68.6176°N 14.5503°E / 68.6176; 14.5503
Location Bø, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded 14th century
Consecrated 8 Aug 1824
Architecture
Functional status Active
Completed 1824
Specifications
Capacity 370
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bø og Malnes
Deanery Vesterålen prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Bø Church (Norwegian: Bø kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Bø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bø. The church is part of the Bø og Malnes parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red wooden church seats about 370 people.[1]

History

Over the centuries, there have been several different church buildings. The first church at Bø was probably built around 1340. It is referenced in 1381 from the letters Diplomatarium Norvegicum. [2] A new church was built around 1440 and the third approximately 1540. The fourth church was built in 1639. The fifth church building was completed in 1734, a little east of where the present church is located. [3]

In 1824 the sixth and present church was built. It was consecrated on 8 August 1824 by the Bishop Mathias Bonsach Krogh, Bishop of the Diocese of Hålogaland. The church was originally red painted, but in 1917 it was painted white. After the last restoration in 1970-1971, the church was again painted red. [4]

The church's fixtures are historic and include valuable objects. The pulpit is from 1762. The altar plate is characterized by the Renaissance era. German born artist Gottfried Ezekiel (ca. 1719-1798) gave the colors blue and green to the altarpiece. The artwork around the altarpiece is in gold leaf. Ezekiel first 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.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bø kirke, Vesterålen" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  2. ↑ Åsmund Borgen Gjerde. "Diplomatarium Norvegicum". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bø kirke" (in Norwegian). Bø kommune. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Kirker og kirkegårder i Bø". Vesteraalen Info. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ Sigrid Christie. "Gottfried Ezekiel". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ Klaudia Rajmann. "Workshop of the painter Gottfried Ezekiel". CeROArt, EGG 5, 2016 : EGG 2014-2015. Retrieved October 1, 2017.


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