Location Vestvågøy, Nordland Denomination Church of Norway Founded Before 1335 Opened 1987 Phone +47 76 05 67 30 | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Consecrated 31 May 1987 Capacity 350 Status Parish church | |
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Address Prestegårdsveien 75, 8360 Bøstad, Norway Similar Buksnes Church, Valberg Church, Stamsund Church, Hol Church, Knutstad Chapel | ||
Borge Church (Norwegian: Borge kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vestvågøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Bøstad. The church is part of the Borge parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The church is a rectangular building constructed with concrete in 1986. It was consecrated on 31 May 1987 and has 350 seats. The architect for the church was Knut Gjernes.
Borge church is first mentioned in written sources in a document from 1335. A church in Borge was built in 1798, rebuilt in 1877 and burned down in 1896. A new church was consecrated in 1898. That church burned down 14 February 1983. The present church was built in 1986 to replace the previous one.
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