Fornes Chapel

Fornes Chapel
Fornes kapell
View of the church
Fornes Chapel
Location in Nordland
Fornes Chapel
Fornes Chapel (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°51′46″N 15°33′22″E / 68.8629°N 15.5560°E / 68.8629; 15.5560
Location Andøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Chapel
Consecrated August 1965
Architecture
Functional status Active
Completed 1965
Specifications
Capacity 120
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Dverberg
Deanery Vesterålen prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Fornes Chapel (Norwegian: Fornes kapell) is a chapel in the municipality of Andøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Fornes on the island of Hinnøya. The church is part of the Dverberg parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden chapel was built in 1965 to serve the part of Andøy located on Hinnøya island. The church seats about 120 people.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Kirker i Andøy" (in Norwegian). Vesterålen.info. Retrieved 2012-08-04.


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