Handnesøya Chapel

Handnesøya Chapel
Handnesøya kapell
66.2353555°N 13.004227°E / 66.2353555; 13.004227
Location	Nesna Municipality, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Chapel
Founded	1921
Consecrated	June 1969
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1921 (103 years ago) (1921)
Specifications
Capacity	70
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Sør-Hålogaland
Deanery	Nord-Helgeland prosti
Parish	Nesna
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	84479

Handnesøya Chapel (Norwegian: Handnesøya kapell) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Nesna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Saura on the southeastern shore of the island of Handnesøya. It is an annex chapel in the Nesna parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1921. The chapel seats about 70 people.^[1][2]

History

The local villagers erected the Handnesøya Chapel on a voluntary basis, and it was to serve as a church building for the island of Handnesøya. From the beginning, the chapel was organized as a privately-owned prayer house. During the 1960s, a cooperative was formed by the villagers who became the formal owner of the church building. In June 1969, after an extensive restoration and extension, the prayer house was consecrated as an annex chapel by the Bishop of Sør-Hålogaland.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of churches in Sør-Hålogaland

References

1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
2. Rasmussen, Alf Henry, ed. (1993). Våre kirker: Norske Kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Vanebo forlag AS. ISBN 8275270227.