Vågan Church

Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral")
Vågan kirke ("Lofotkatedralen")
View of the church
Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral")
Location in Nordland
Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral")
Vågan Church ("Lofoten Cathedral") (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°12′57″N 14°29′00″E / 68.2157°N 14.4832°E / 68.2157; 14.4832
Location Vågan, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded 1100s
Consecrated 9 October 1898
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Carl J. Bergstrøm
Completed 1898
Specifications
Capacity 1200
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Vågan
Deanery Lofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Vågan Church (Norwegian: Vågan kirke; sometimes called the Lofoten Cathedral) is a parish church in the municipality of Vågan in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kabelvåg on the island of Austvågøya. The church is part of the Vågan parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. Seating about 1,200 people, this church is the largest wooden building in Northern Norway. [1]

History

This has been a church site since the 12th century. Lofoten's first church was built here during the time of King Øystein Magnusson (c. 1088– 1123). Five or six different churches have been built on this very location throughout the last 900 years. One former church was moved to Værøy in 1799 (see Old Værøy Church). The present church was built in 1898 to be large enough to accommodate all the fishermen who came to Kabelvåg each season. It was nicknamed Lofoten Cathedral (Lofotkatedralen) by Eivind Berggrav, Bishop of the Diocese of Oslo in 1929. The church was designed in Gothic revival style by architect Carl Julius Bergstrøm (1828-1898). [2] [3]

When the Lofoten cathedral was completed, the "old church" was still located just across the road, until it was demolished in the summer of 1900.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Geir Thorsnæs. "Vågan". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Vågan kirke 100 år av Håkon Brun". Svolvær Historielag. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ Jens Christian Eldal. "Carl J. Bergstrøm". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Vågan kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Archived from the original on 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Vågan kirke - Lofotkatedralen" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-07-21.


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