Gildeskål Church

Gildeskål Church (Norwegian: Gildeskål hovedkirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Inndyr. It is the main church for the Gildeskål parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The orange-colored, wooden, neo-gothic church was built in a long church style in 1881 by the architect Carl J. Bergstrøm. The church seats about 750 people.[1][2]

Gildeskål Church
Gildeskål hovedkirke
View of the church
Gildeskål Church
Location of the church
Gildeskål Church
Gildeskål Church (Norway)
67.0591°N 14.0427°E / 67.0591; 14.0427
LocationGildeskål, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Carl J. Bergstrøm
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNeo-Gothic
Completed1881
Specifications
Capacity750
MaterialsWood
Administration
ParishGildeskål
DeaneryBodø domprosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland

History
View of the church (c. 1880)

In 1851, a new law was passed that said that all rural churches had to be able to fit at least 30% of the parish members in the church building. Since the Old Gildeskål Church was too small, a new church had to be built for the parish. It was decided that the new church would be built on the same site, just west of the old church. The new church was completed in 1881 and it seated about 750 people.[3]

See also
  • List of churches in Nordland

References
  1. "Gildeskål hovedkirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  3. "Gildeskål hovedkirke" (in Norwegian). Gildeskål menighet. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
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