Valberg Church

Valberg Church
Valberg kirke
View of the church
Valberg Church
Location in Nordland
Valberg Church
Valberg Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 68°11′32″N 13°56′23″E / 68.1922°N 13.9397°E / 68.1922; 13.9397
Location Vestvågøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Founded 1660
Consecrated 12 September 1889
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) A. Grenstad
Completed 1889
Specifications
Capacity 250
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Valberg
Deanery Lofoten prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Valberg Church (Norwegian: Valberg kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vestvågøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valberg. The church is part of the Valberg parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1889 and it seats about 250 people.[1]

History

The first church at Valberg was built around 1660. It shared a priest with Buksnes until 1740 when it was transferred to the Borge parish. In 1749, the church was destroyed during a powerful storm. The second church at Valberg was completed a few years after the first one was destroyed. This church was destroyed in a storm in 1818. A third church building was completed the next year. That church was used until 1888 when a new church (the present church) was built. The old church was torn down in 1890. There were extensive renovations done on the building in the early 1950s.[2]

Priests

The following priests have served the church:[2]

  • Carl Olufsen Brock (1665–70)
  • Hans Hansen Jentoft (1670–1718)
  • Christopher Normann (1718–38)
  • Melchior Meldal (1738–50)
  • Leonard Sidenius (1750–51)
  • Jakob Krefting (1752–56)
  • Jonas Sidenius (1756–70)
  • Knud Juel (1771–78)
  • Jørgen Grach (1778–80)
  • Elias Schønning Dreyer (1789–92)
  • Henning Johannes Irgins (1792–1834)
  • Hans Nicolai Wraamann (1834–44)
  • Arent Uchermann (1845–57)
  • Christian August Heyerdal (1857–70)
  • Søren Koch (1870–77)
  • Olaf H. Skattebøl (1877–82)
  • H. Warholm (1882–83)
  • M.V. Echhoff (1883–88)
  • Søren H.H. Swensen (1888–95)
  • Hans D.W. Smith (1895–1907)
  • Lars R. Landmark (1907–08)
  • S.S. Gramstad (1908–12)
  • H.J. Knardahl (1913–20)
  • J.O. Bang (1920–26)
  • Hans Søvik (1926–47)
  • Ole Robert Kirkerød (1948–58)
  • Sigurd J. Sivertsen (1959–69)
  • Asbjørn Bjarne Reknes (1969–76)
  • Ivar Ruud (1976–77)
  • Knut Are Anton Eikrem (1977–82)
  • Trygve Knutsen (1982–83)
  • Harold Holtermannn (1983–2003)
  • Uffe Kronborg (2003–09)
  • Jan Sahl (2010)
  • Aud Sigurdsen (since 2011)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Valberg kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  2. 1 2 "Valberg Kirke" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2012-07-07.


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