Founded 1877 Capacity 500 | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Events Fire: 17 May 1955 Opened 1959 | |
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Skjerstad Church (Norwegian: Skjerstad kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Skjerstad, along Skjerstad Fjord. The church is part of the Misvær og Skjerstad parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, stone and concrete church was built in 1959, and it was designed by Arnstein Arneberg. The church seats about 500 people. The church was built to replace an earlier, larger church built in 1877. The 1877 church was destroyed by fire on 17 May 1955.
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