Dverberg Church

Dverberg Church
Dverberg kirke

View of the church
Dverberg Church
Location in Nordland
Dverberg Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 69°06′50″N 15°58′54″E / 69.1139°N 15.9817°E / 69.1139; 15.9817
Location Andøy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Consecrated 17 October 1843
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Christian Heinrich Grosch
Completed 1843
Specifications
Capacity 350
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Dverberg
Deanery Vesterålen prosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Dverberg Church (Norwegian: Dverberg kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Andøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dverberg on the island of Andøya. The church is part of the Dverberg parish in the Vesterålen deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.[1]

History

The old church at Dverberg was destroyed by lightning in the winter of 1734. It was probably repaired and was standing there for another hundred years until it was replaced. The new church (the present church building) was built in 1843. It is an octagonal timber church. The church was consecrate on 17 October 1843. It was designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch and it seats about 350 people. In 1930, there was a major restoration.[2] Augustinus Johannessøn Sellevold (1803-1893) who was a member of the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland and Arctic explorer Torstein Raaby were both buried in the church cemetery.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Dverberg kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  2. ↑ "Kirker i Andøy" (in Norwegian). Vesterålen.info. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  3. ↑ "Kirkegårdene i Andøy" (in Norwegian). Vesterålen.info.

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