Lovund Church | |
Fullname: | Lovund kirke |
Former Name: | Lovund kapell |
Coordinates: | 66.3697°N 12.3616°W |
Location: | Lurøy, Nordland |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Sør-Hålogaland |
Parish: | Lurøy |
Status: | Chapel |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1960 |
Consecrated Date: | 11 Sept 1960 |
Architect: | John Egil Tverdahl, Petter Andersen, and Harald Myrvang |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Lovund Church (Norwegian: Lovund kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Lurøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the island village of Lovund. It is an annex chapel in the Lurøy parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1960 using plans drawn up by the architects John Egil Tverdahl, Petter Andersen, and Harald Myrvang. The building was consecrated on 11 September 1960 by the Bishop Hans Edvard Wisløff.[1] [2]