Lavangen Church
| Lavangen Church | |
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| Lavangen kirke | |
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| Coordinates: 68°46′19″N 17°48′06″E / 68.772049°N 17.801718°E | |
| Location | Lavangen Municipality, Troms og Finnmark |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Consecrated | 1891 |
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| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | 1891 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 360 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Lavangen |
| Deanery | Senja prosti |
| Diocese | Nord-Hålogaland |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Listed |
| ID | 84915 |
Lavangen Church (Norwegian: Lavangen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lavangen Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Å, in an area called Soløy, just north of Hesjevika. It is the church for the Lavangen parish which is part of the Senja prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1891 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 420 people.[1][2]
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- ^ "Lavangen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
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- Lavangen
- Churches in Troms
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1891
- 1891 establishments in Norway
- Long churches in Norway