Susendal Church

Susendal Church
Susendal kirke
Susendal Church
Location of the church
Susendal Church
Susendal Church (Norway)
65°23′49″N 14°00′42″E / 65.3970°N 14.0116°E / 65.3970; 14.0116Coordinates: 65°23′49″N 14°00′42″E / 65.3970°N 14.0116°E / 65.3970; 14.0116
Location Hattfjelldal, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded 1916
Consecrated 14 Oct 2001
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Jim Inge Bøasæter
Architectural type Long church
Completed 2001
Specifications
Capacity 150
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Hattfjelldal
Deanery Indre Helgeland prosti
Diocese Sør-Hålogaland

Susendal Church (Norwegian: Susendal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hattfjelldal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Svenskvollen in the Susendal valley. It is one of the churches for the Hattfjelldal parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church style in 2001 by the architect Jim Inge Bøasæter. The church seats about 150 people.[1][2]

History

View of the old chapel, in use from 1916 until 2001

A chapel was built at Svenskvollen in the Susendal valley in 1916. That red chapel seated about 70 people. In 2001, a new church was built right next door. The new wooden church seats about 150 people. It was consecrate on 14 October 2001 by the Bishop Øystein Ingar Larsen.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Susendal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  2. ↑ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  3. ↑ "Susendal kirke" (in Norwegian). Hattfjelldal kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
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