Location Vestvågøy, Nordland Denomination Church of Norway Founded 1660 Address 8370 Leknes, Norway Capacity 250 Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Consecrated 12 September 1889 Opened 1889 Status Parish church Parish Valberg, Nordland | |
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Similar Stamsund Church, Hol Church, Knutstad Chapel, Borge Church, Buksnes Church | ||
Valberg Church (Norwegian: Valberg kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Vestvågøy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Valberg. The church is part of the Valberg parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1889 and it seats about 250 people.
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History
The first church at Valberg was built around 1660. It shared a priest with Buksnes until 1740 when it was transferred to the Borge parish. In 1749, the church was destroyed during a powerful storm. The second church at Valberg was completed a few years after the first one was destroyed. This church was destroyed in a storm in 1818. A third church building was completed the next year. That church was used until 1888 when a new church (the present church) was built. The old church was torn down in 1890. There were extensive renovations done on the building in the early 1950s.
Priests
The following priests have served the church: