Sulitjelma Church

Sulitjelma Church (Norwegian: Sulitjelma kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Fauske Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sulitjelma. It is the church for the Sulitjelma parish which is part of the Salten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1899 by the architect Worm Hirsch Lund. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2][3]

Sulitjelma Church
Sulitjelma kirke
View of the church
Sulitjelma Church Location of the church Sulitjelma Church Sulitjelma Church (Norway)
67.1355°N 16.0577°E
Location	Fauske, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	12 Nov 1899
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Worm Hirsch Lund
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1899
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Sulitjelma
Deanery	Salten prosti
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland

History

The building was consecrated on 12 November 1899 by Bishop Peter Wilhelm Bøckman (1851–1926). In 1996, a new parish graveyard was built on the southern part of the village, and the Sulitjelma Chapel was built on that site.[4]

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See also

• List of churches in Nordland

References

1. "Sulitjelma kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
3. "Sulitjelma kirke". lokalhistoriewiki. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
4. "Sulitjelma Kirke" (in Norwegian). Fauske Kirkelig Fellesråd. Retrieved 2012-04-04.