Lavangen Church

Lavangen Church
Lavangen kirke
View of the church
Lavangen Church
Location in Troms
Lavangen Church
Lavangen Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°46′20″N 17°48′06″E / 68.7721°N 17.8018°E / 68.7721; 17.8018
Location Lavangen, Troms
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1891
Specifications
Capacity 360
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Lavangen
Deanery Indre Troms prosti
Diocese Nord-Hålogaland

Lavangen Church (Norwegian: Lavangen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lavangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the village of Å, in an area called Soløy, just north of Hesjevika. It is the church for the Lavangen parish which is part of the Indre Troms prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1891 by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 420 people.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Lavangen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
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