Digermulen Church

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Digermulen Church
Digermulen kirke
68°18′44″N 14°59′06″E / 68.31222879°N 14.98497337°E / 68.31222879; 14.98497337Coordinates: 68°18′44″N 14°59′06″E / 68.31222879°N 14.98497337°E / 68.31222879; 14.98497337
LocationVågan, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1951
Consecrated23 June 1951
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Andreas Wiel Nygaard
and Torstein Schyberg
Architectural typeoctagonal
Completed1951 (70 years ago) (1951)
Specifications
Capacity250
MaterialsConcrete
Administration
ParishSvolvær
DeaneryLofoten prosti
DioceseSør-Hålogaland
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID84024

Digermulen Church (Norwegian: Digermulen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Digermulen on the island of Hinnøya. It is one of the churches for the Svolvær parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in an octagonal style in 1951 using plans drawn up by the architects Andreas Melchior Wiel Nygaard
and Torstein Schyberg. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2][3]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Digermulen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Digermulen kirke" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

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