Location Meløy, Nordland Denomination Church of Norway Founded 14th century Address 8157 Meløy, Norway Capacity 600 Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Consecrated 23 July 1867 Opened 1867 Status Parish church Architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan | |
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Similar Fore Church, Kopervik Church, Strand Church, Øverbygd Church, Asker Church | ||
Meløy Church (Norwegian: Meløy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Meløy on the island of Meløya. The church is part of the Fore og Meløy parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1867 and it was consecrated on 23 July 1867. The church seats about 600 people, making it the second largest wooden church in all of Northern Norway (after Vågan Church, the so-called Lofoten Cathedral).
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