Leiranger Church

Leiranger Church
Leiranger kirke
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Coordinates: 67°44′18″N 14°48′23″E / 67.7382°N 14.8064°E / 67.7382; 14.8064
Location	Steigen, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded	1734
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Nils Ryjord
Completed	1911
Specifications
Capacity	500
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Leiranger
Deanery	Salten prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Leiranger Church (Norwegian: Leiranger kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Steigen in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Leines. The church is part of the Leiranger parish in the Salten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The yellow wooden church was built in 1911 to replace the old church (from 1734) that burned down. The present building seats about 500 people.^[1]

References

↑ "Leiranger kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-04-30.

Church of Norway churches in the Salten deanery, Nordland county, Norway

Beiarn:	Beiarn Church Høyforsmoen Chapel

Saltdal:	Saltdal Church Øvre Saltdal Church

Fauske:	Fauske Church Sulitjelma Church Sulitjelma Chapel Valnesfjord Church

Sørfold:	Rørstad Church Røsvik Church Mørsvikbotn Chapel

Steigen:	Leiranger Church Leinesfjord Chapel Sørskot Chapel Nordfold Church Steigen Church Bogen Chapel

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