Lavangen Church
Lavangen Church | |
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Lavangen kirke | |
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Lavangen Church Location in Troms Lavangen Church Location in Troms | |
Coordinates: 68°46′20″N 17°48′06″E / 68.7721°N 17.8018°E | |
Location | Lavangen, Troms |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan |
Completed | 1891 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 360 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Lavangen |
Deanery | Indre Troms prosti |
Diocese | Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland |
Lavangen Church (Norwegian: Lavangen kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Lavangen in Troms county, Norway. It is located in the south side of the village of Å, in an area called Soløy, just north of Hesjevika. The church is part of the Lavangen parish in the Indre Troms deanery in the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan and completed in 1891. The church seats about 420 people.[1]
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References
- ↑ "Lavangen kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-09-09.
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