Grønning Church

Church in Nordland, Norway

68°40′04″N 14°56′54″E / 68.66778054°N 14.94838535°E / 68.66778054; 14.94838535LocationHadsel, NordlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1882Consecrated1968ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Ola StavsethArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1968 (56 years ago) (1968)Closed1935-1968SpecificationsCapacity220MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseSør-HålogalandDeaneryVesterålen prostiParishYtre Eidsfjord

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID84442

Grønning Church or Ytre Eidsfjord Church (Norwegian: Grønning kirke / Ytre Eidsfjord kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the tiny village of Grønning along the Eidsfjorden on the island of Langøya. It is the church for the Ytre Eidsfjord parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1968 using plans drawn up by the architect Ola Stavseth. The church seats about 220 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The first church built on this site was completed in 1882 using designs by the architect J.H. Nissen. That church burned down in 1935, but it was not rebuilt. The present building was constructed in 1968 out of the materials from an old school.^[3]^[4]

Media gallery

Exterior view
Exterior view from a distance
Interior view (front)
Interior view (back)
Altar
Baptismal font
Pulpit

References

^ "Grønning kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
^ "Kirkene våre" (in Norwegian). Hadsel kirkelige fellesråd. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
^ "Ytre eidsfjord kirkested / Ytre eidsfjord kirke 1" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 11 March 2021.