Gildeskål Church

Gildeskål Church
Gildeskål hovedkirke
View of the church
67.0591051°N 14.0426940°E / 67.0591051; 14.0426940
Location	Gildeskål Municipality, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1881 (143 years ago) (1881)
Consecrated	1881 (143 years ago) (1881)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Carl J. Bergstrøm
Architectural type	Long church
Style	Neo-Gothic
Completed	1881 (143 years ago) (1881)
Specifications
Capacity	750
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland
Deanery	Bodø domprosti
Parish	Gildeskål
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	84239

Gildeskål Church (Norwegian: Gildeskål hovedkirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gildeskål Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Inndyr. It is the main church for the Gildeskål parish which is part of the Bodø domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The orange-colored, wooden, neo-Gothic church was built in a long church style in 1881 using plans drawn up by the architect Carl J. Bergstrøm. The church seats about 750 people.[1][2]

History

View of the church (c. 1880)

In 1851, a new law was passed that said that all rural churches had to be able to fit at least 30% of the parish members in the church building. Since the Old Gildeskål Church was too small, a new church had to be built for the parish. It was decided that the new church would be built about 100 metres (330 ft) west of the old church. The new church was completed in 1881 and it seated about 750 people.[3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland

References

1. "Gildeskål hovedkirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
3. "Gildeskål hovedkirke" (in Norwegian). Gildeskål menighet. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
4. "Gildeskål kirkested / Gildeskål kirke 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 1 April 2021.