Tjongsfjorden Church

Tjongsfjorden Church
Tjongsfjorden kirke
Tjongsfjorden Church
Location of the church
Tjongsfjorden Church
Tjongsfjorden Church (Norway)
66°41′12″N 13°26′09″E / 66.6867°N 13.4359°E / 66.6867; 13.4359Coordinates: 66°41′12″N 13°26′09″E / 66.6867°N 13.4359°E / 66.6867; 13.4359
Location Rødøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Per Myrvold
Architectural type Long church
Completed 1962
Specifications
Capacity 280
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Rødøy
Deanery Nord-Helgeland prosti
Diocese Sør-Hålogaland

Tjongsfjorden Church (Norwegian: Tjongsfjorden kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjong on the mainland in the northern part of the municipality. It is one of the churches in the Rødøy parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1962 by the architect Per Myrvold. The church seats about 280 people.[1][2]

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References

  1. "Tjongsfjord kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
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