List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland explained

This list of churches in Sør-Hålogaland is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Nordland county. The diocese is based at the Bodø Cathedral in the city of Bodø in Bodø Municipality.

The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (Norwegian: prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (Norwegian: fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or more parishes (Norwegian: sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (Norwegian: soknerådet). Each parish has one or more local church. The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time.^[1]

Bodø domprosti

This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) is home to the Bodø Cathedral, the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. Bodø domprosti covers the five municipalities of Bodø, Gildeskål, Meløy, Røst, and Værøy. The deanery is headquartered at Bodø Cathedral in the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality.

This deanery was established as Bodø prosti on 1 June 1901 when the old Søndre Salten prosti was divided into Bodø prosti (Bodø, Bodin, Kjerringøy, and Folda) and Søndre Salten prosti (Gildeskål, Beiarn, Skjerstad, and Saltdal). The deanery was upgraded to an arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) in 1952 when the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland was created.^[2]

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bodø	Bodin	Bodin Church	Bodø	1240
		Helligvær Church	Helligvær	1899
		Landegode Church	Fenes	1920
	Bodø Domkirke	Bodø Cathedral	Bodø	1956
	Innstranden	Hunstad Church	Bodø	2013
	Kjerringøy og Rønvik	Kjerringøy Church	Kjerringøy	1883
		Rønvik Church	Bodø	1997
	Misvær og Skjerstad	Misvær Church	Misvær	1912
		Skjerstad Church	Skjerstad	1959
	Saltstraumen	Saltstraumen Church	Saltstraumen	1886
		Tverlandet Church	Løding	1983
Gildeskål	Gildeskål	Gildeskål Church	Inndyr	1881
		Old Gildeskål Church	Inndyr	12th century
		Saura Church	Saura	1884
		Mevik Chapel	Mevik	1910
		Nordstranda Chapel	Lekanger	1963
		Sørfjorden Chapel	Sørfinnset	1957
Meløy	Fore og Meløy	Fore Church	Reipå	1909
		Meløy Church	Meløya	1867
		Ørnes Church	Ørnes	1990
	Glomfjord	Glomfjord Church	Glomfjord	1957
	Halsa	Halsa Church	Halsa	1960
Røst	Røst	Røst Church	Røstlandet	1899
Værøy	Værøy	Værøy Church	Sørland	1939
		Old Værøy Church	Nordland	1799

Lofoten prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers four municipalities in the Lofoten island district of Nordland county. It includes the parishes in the municipalities of Flakstad, Moskenes, Vestvågøy, and Vågan. The deanery is headquartered at Svolvær Church in the town of Svolvær in Vågan Municipality.

The deanery was created on 1 March 1849 when the old Lofoten og Vesterålen prosti was divided in two, creating Lofoten prosti in the south and Vesterålen prosti in the north.^[3]

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Flakstad	Flakstad	Flakstad Church	Ramberg	1780
Moskenes	Moskenes	Moskenes Church	Moskenes	1819
		Reine Church	Reine	1890
Vestvågøy	Borge	Borge Church	Bøstad	1986
		Knutstad Chapel	Knutstad	1915
	Buksnes	Buksnes Church	Gravdal	1905
	Hol	Hol Church	Leknes	1806
	Stamsund	Stamsund Church	Stamsund	1937
	Valberg	Valberg Church	Valberg	1889
Vågan	Gimsøy og Strauman	Gimsøy Church	Gimsøysand	1876
		Strauman Church	Sydalen	1984
	Henningsvær	Henningsvær Church	Henningsvær	1974
	Strandlandet	Strandlandet Church	Straumnes	1938
	Svolvær	Digermulen Church	Digermulen	1951
		Sildpollnes Church	Sildpollneset	1891
		Svolvær Church	Svolvær	1934
	Vågan	Vågan Church	Kabelvåg	1898

Vesterålen prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers six municipalities in the Vesterålen island district of Nordland county. It includes the municipalities of Andøy, Bø, Hadsel, Lødingen, Sortland, and Øksnes. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Stokmarknes in Hadsel Municipality.

The deanery was created on 1 March 1849 when the old Lofoten og Vesterålen prosti was divided in two, creating Lofoten prosti in the south and Vesterålen prosti in the north. On 1 January 2020, the churches in Lødingen Municipality were transferred from the Ofoten prosti to the Vesterålen prosti.^[4]

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Andøy	Andøy	Andenes Church	Andenes	1876
		Bjørnskinn Church	Bjørnskinn	1885
		Dverberg Church	Dverberg	1843
		Fornes Chapel	Fornes	1965
Bø	Bø og Malnes	Bø Church	Bø i Vesterålen	1824
		Betel Chapel	Straume	1926
		Malnes Church	Eide	1895
Hadsel	Hadsel	Hadsel Church	Hadsel, just east of Stokmarknes	1824
		Hanøy Church	Hanøyvika	1912
		Innlandet Church	Hennes	1992
	Melbu	Melbu Church	Melbu	1938
		Sand Church	Sanden	1914
	Ytre Eidsfjord	Grønning Church	Grønning	1968
Lødingen	Lødingen	Lødingen Church	Lødingen	1897
		Vestbygd Church	Vågehamn	1885
Sortland	Sortland	Indre Eidsfjord Church	Holmstad	1970
		Sigerfjord Church	Sigerfjord	1933
		Sortland Church	Sortland	1901
Øksnes	Øksnes	Alsvåg Church	Alsvåg	1923
		Langenes Church	Stø	1500s
		Myre Church	Myre	1979
		Øksnes Church	Skogsøya	1703

Ofoten prosti

This deanery covers three municipalities in the Ofoten district in the northern part of Nordland county: Narvik, Evenes, and Hamarøy. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Narvik in Narvik Municipality.

This deanery was created as Nordre Salten prosti in 1850 when the old Salten prosti was divided into Nordre Salten prosti (in the north) and Søndre Salten prosti (in the south). On 1 November 1974, the churches in Steigen Municipality were transferred from Nordre Salten prosti to Søndre Salten prosti. On the same date, the names of the deaneries were changed. "Nordre Salten prosti" was renamed Ofoten prosti and "Søndre Salten prosti" was changed to Salten prosti. On 1 January 2020, the churches in Lødingen Municipality were transferred from here to the Vesterålen prosti.

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Evenes	Evenes	Evenes Church	Evenes	1800
		Bogen Chapel	Bogen	1920
Hamarøy	Drag/Helland	Drag/Helland Church	Drag	1972
	Hamarøy	Hamarøy Church	Presteid	1974
	Korsnes	Korsnes Church	Korsnes	1889
	Sagfjord	Sagfjord Church	Karlsøy	1770
		Tømmernes Church	Tømmerneset	1952
Narvik	Ankenes	Ankenes Church	Ankenesstranda	1867
		Håkvik Chapel	Håkvik	1980
	Ballangen	Ballangen Church	Ballangen	1923
		Efjord Chapel	Kobbvika	1985
		Kjeldebotn Church	Kjeldebotn	1956
	Bjerkvik	Bjerkvik Church	Bjerkvik	1955
		Bjørnfjell Chapel	Bjørnfjell	1952
	Kjøpsvik	Kjøpsvik Church	Kjøpsvik	1975
	Narvik	Narvik Church	Narvik	1925
		Fredskapellet	Narvik	1957
		Hergot Chapel	Hergot	2005
	Skjomen	Skjomen Church	Elvegård	1893

Salten prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers five municipalities in the Salten district of Nordland county. It includes the municipalities of Beiarn, Fauske, Saltdal, Steigen, and Sørfold. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Fauske in Fauske Municipality.

The deanery was created in 1649 and existed as such until 1849. In 1850, the deanery was divided into two: Søndre Salten prosti in the south (Gildeskål, Skjerstad, Saltdal, Bodø, and Folda prestegjelds) and Nordre Salten prosti in the north (Steigen, Hamarøy, Lødingen, and Ofoten prestegjelds). In 1901, Søndre Salten prosti was split into Bodø prosti (Bodø, Bodin, Kjerringøy, and Folda) and Søndre Salten prosti (Gildeskål, Beiarn, Skjerstad, and Saltdal).^[5] On 1 November 1974, the churches in Steigen Municipality were transferred from Nordre Salten prosti to Søndre Salten prosti. On the same date, the names of the deaneries were changed. Nordre Salten prosti was renamed Ofoten prosti and Søndre Salten prosti was changed to Salten prosti.^[6]

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Beiarn	Beiarn	Beiarn Church	Moldjord	1873
		Høyforsmoen Chapel	Høyforsmoen	1957
Fauske	Fauske	Fauske Church	Fauske	1867
	Sulitjelma	Sulitjelma Church	Sulitjelma	1899
		Sulitjelma Chapel	Sulitjelma	1996
	Valnesfjord	Valnesfjord Church	Valnesfjord	1905
Saltdal	Saltdal	Saltdal Church	Rognan	1862
	Øvre Saltdal	Øvre Saltdal Church	Røkland	1938
Steigen	Leiranger	Leiranger Church	Leines	1911
		Leinesfjord Chapel	Leinesfjorden	1912
		Sørskot Chapel	Sørskot	1953
	Nordfold	Nordfold Church	Nordfold	1976
	Steigen	Steigen Church	Steigen	1250
		Bogen Chapel	Bogen	1926
Sørfold	Sørfold	Rørstad Church	Rørstad	1761
		Røsvik Church	Røsvika	1883
		Mørsvikbotn Chapel	Mørsvikbotn	1955

Nord-Helgeland prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers eight municipalities in the northwestern part of the Helgeland district of Nordland county. It includes the parishes in the municipalities of Alstahaug, Dønna, Herøy, Leirfjord, Lurøy, Nesna, Rødøy, and Træna. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Sandnessjøen in Alstahaug Municipality.

The deanery was established by royal decree of 4 December 1843, when the old Helgeland prosti was divided into Søndre Helgeland prosti and Nordre Helgeland prosti. A royal resolution on 24 May 1862 decreed that the four inland parishes of Nordre Helgeland prosti (Hemnes, Mo, Vefsn, and Hattfjelldal) were separated from this deanery to become part of the newly created Indre Helgeland prosti.^[7] A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Nordre Helgeland prosti" to "Nord-Helgeland prosti".

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Alstahaug	Alstahaug	Alstahaug Church	Alstahaug	12th century
	Sandnessjøen	Sandnessjøen Church	Sandnessjøen	1882
	Tjøtta	Skålvær Church	Skålvær	1851
		Tjøtta Church	Tjøtta	1867
Dønna	Dønna	Dønnes Church	Dønnes	1200
		Hæstad Church	Hestad	1912
		Løkta Church	Løkta	1968
		Nordvik Church	Nordvik	1877
		Vandve Church	Vandve	1956
Herøy	Herøy	Herøy Church	Silvalen	12th century
		Gåsvær Chapel	Gåsvær	1951
		Husvær Chapel	Husvær	1936
		Sandvær Chapel	Sandværet	1947
Leirfjord	Leirfjord	Bardal Church	Bardal Indre	1887
		Leirfjord Church	Leland	1867
Lurøy	Aldersund	Aldersund Church	Haugland	1971
	Lurøy	Lovund Church	Lovund	1960
		Lurøy Church	Lurøy	1812
		Moflag Church	Moflaget	1921
Nesna	Nesna	Nesna Church	Nesna	1880
		Handnesøya Chapel	Saura	1969
		Husby Chapel	Husby	1905
Rødøy	Rødøy	Rødøy Church	Rødøy	1885
		Sørfjorden Church	Sørfjorden	1916
		Tjongsfjorden Church	Tjong	1962
Træna	Træna	Træna Church	Husøya	1773
		Fiskernes Chapel	Selvær	1887

Indre Helgeland prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers five municipalities in the eastern part of the Helgeland district of Nordland county. It includes the parishes in the municipalities of Grane, Hattfjelldal, Hemnes, Rana, and Vefsn. The deanery is headquartered in the town of Mo i Rana in Rana Municipality.

The deanery was established by royal decree on 24 May 1862 when the four inland parishes of Nordre Helgeland prosti (Hemnes, Mo, Vefsn, and Hattfjelldal) were separated from the deanery to become part of the newly created Indre Helgeland prosti.^[8]

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Grane	Grane	Fiplingdal Church	Leiren	1946
		Grane Church	Grane	1860
		Majavatn Church	Majavatn	1915
Hattfjelldal	Hattfjelldal	Hattfjelldal Church	Hattfjelldal	1790
		Susendal Church	Svenskvollen	1916
		Varntresk Church	Varntresk	1986
Hemnes	Bleikvassli	Bleikvassli Church	Bleikvasslia	1955
	Hemnes	Hemnes Church	Hemnesberget	1872
	Korgen	Korgen Church	Korgen	1863
Rana	Gruben	Gruben Church	Mo i Rana	1965
	Mo	Mo Church	Mo i Rana	1724
	Nevernes	Nevernes Church	Nevernes	1893
	Nord Rana	Selfors Church	Selfors	1973
		Ytteren Church	Ytteren	1977
	Røssvoll	Røssvoll Church	Røssvoll	1953
	Sjona	Sjona Church	Myklebustad	1916
Vefsn	Dolstad	Dolstad Church	Mosjøen	1735
	Drevja	Drevja Church	Drevja	1883
	Elsfjord	Elsfjord Church	Elsfjord	1955

Sør-Helgeland prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers five municipalities in the southwestern part of the Helgeland district of Nordland county. It includes the parishes in the municipalities of Bindal, Brønnøy, Sømna, Vega, and Vevelstad. The deanery is headquartered at Brønnøy Church in the town of Brønnøysund in Brønnøy Municipality.

The deanery was established by royal decree of 4 December 1843, when the old Helgeland prosti was divided into Søndre Helgeland prosti and Nordre Helgeland prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Søndre Helgeland prosti" to "Sør-Helgeland prosti".^[9]

Municipality	Parish Norwegian: (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Bindal	Bindal	Solstad Church	Holm	1888
		Vassås Church	Vassås	1733
Brønnøy	Brønnøy	Brønnøy Church	Brønnøysund	1870
		Skogmo Chapel	Indreskomo	1979
		Trælnes Chapel	Trælnes	1980
	Velfjord og Tosen	Nøstvik Church	Velfjord	1674
		Tosen Chapel	Lande	1734
Sømna	Sømna	Sømna Church	Vik	1876
Vega	Vega	Vega Church	Gladstad	1864
		Ylvingen Chapel	Ylvingen	1967
Vevelstad	Vevelstad	Vevelstad Church	Forvika	1796

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sør-Hålogaland bispedøme . 2011-10-23 . Den Norske Kirke . Norwegian.
2. Web site: 2021-10-26 . 801 - Bodø . 2023-10-12 . ArkivPortalen . Statsarkivet i Trondheim . no.
3. Web site: 2017-12-12 . A-6542 - Lofoten og Vesterålen prosti . 2023-10-12 . ArkivPortalen . Statsarkivet i Trondheim . no.
4. News: Lødingen-kirka kan bli en del av Vesterålen . Norwegian . Bladet Vesterålen . 2020-06-08.
5. Web site: 2017-12-12 . AS-6406 - Salten prosti . 2023-10-12 . ArkivPortalen . Statsarkivet i Trondheim . no.
6. News: 1974-10-29 . Steigen ut av prostiet fra 1. november . no . 4 . .
7. Book: Jakobsen, Mikal . Alstahaug kanikgjeld . Nordlands folkeblad trykkeri . 1914 . Mosjøen, Norge . 297 . no.
8. Web site: 2018-11-07 . A-6537 - Indre Helgeland prosti . 2023-10-13 . ArkivPortalen . Statsarkivet i Trondheim . no.
9. Book: Norsk Lovtidende . Grøndahl . 1922 . 195-196 . no . 2023-10-11.