Tjongsfjorden Church | |
Fullname: | Tjongsfjorden kirke |
Coordinates: | 66.6867°N 13.4356°W |
Location: | Rødøy, Nordland |
Country: | Norway |
Churchmanship: | Evangelical Lutheran |
Denomination: | Church of Norway |
Diocese: | Sør-Hålogaland |
Parish: | Rødøy |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Founded Date: | 1962 |
Consecrated Date: | 1962 |
Architect: | Per Myrvold |
Architectural Type: | Long church |
Materials: | Wood |
Capacity: | 280 |
Tjongsfjorden Church (Norwegian: Tjongsfjorden kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Rødøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjong on the mainland in the northern part of the municipality. It is one of the churches in the Rødøy parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1962 using plans drawn up by the architect Per Myrvold. The church seats about 280 people.[1] [2]