Sulitjelma Church

Sulitjelma Church
Sulitjelma kirke
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Sulitjelma Church Location in Nordland Sulitjelma Church Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 67°08′08″N 16°03′28″E / 67.1355°N 16.0577°E
Location	Fauske, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated	12 November 1899
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Worm Hirsch Lund
Completed	1899
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Sulitjelma
Deanery	Salten prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Sulitjelma Church (Norwegian: Sulitjelma kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sulitjelma. The church is part of the Sulitjelma parish in the Salten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1899, and it was consecrated on 12 November 1899 by Bishop Peter Wilhelm Bøckman. The church seats about 250 people. In 1996, a new parish graveyard was built on the southern part of the village, and the Sulitjelma Chapel was built on that site.^[1][2]

See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Sulitjelma Kirke" (in Norwegian). Fauske Kirkelig Fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
2. "Sulitjelma kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-04-04.