Lavangen Church

Church in Troms, Norway

68°46′19″N 17°48′06″E / 68.772049°N 17.801718°E / 68.772049; 17.801718LocationLavangen Municipality, TromsCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1891Consecrated1891ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Jacob Wilhelm NordanArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1891 (133 years ago) (1891)SpecificationsCapacity360MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseNord-HålogalandDeanerySenja prostiParishLavangen

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusListedID84915

Lavangen Church (Norwegian: Lavangen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Lavangen Municipality in Troms 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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References

^ "Lavangen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 21 July 2018.