Skånland Church ( no, Skånland kirke) is a parish church of the

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

Tjeldsund Municipality Tjeldsund ( sme, Dielddanuorri) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The southwestern part of the municipality is part of the traditional district of Ofoten and the rest of the municipality is part of Central Hålogaland. The ...

in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located in the village of

Evenskjer Evenskjer is the administrative centre of Tjeldsund Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The village is located along the Tjeldsundet strait about south of the town of Harstad. European route E10 passes just to the north of the v ...

. It is the church for the Skånland parish which is part of the

Trondenes prosti Trondenes is an old parish and former municipality in Troms county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located along the western shore of the Vågsfjorden in what is now Harstad Municipality. T ...

(

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland Nord-Hålogaland ( no, Nord-Hålogaland bispedømme) is a diocese in the Church of Norway. It covers the Church of Norway churches in Troms og Finnmark county as well as in the territory of Svalbard. The diocese is seated in the city of Tromsø ...

. The white, wooden church was built in a

long church Church building in Norway began when Christianity was established there around the year 1000. The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is inconclusive. For instance under Urnes Stave C ...

basilica style in 1901 using plans drawn up by the architect

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. The church seats about 400 people.

History

The first church built in Evenskjer was constructed in 1867 when it was still a part of the old Trondenes Municipality. The municipality bought the old

Saltdal Church Saltdal Church ( no, Saltdal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rognan. It is one of the churches for the Saltdal parish which is part of the Salten ...

, took it apart, moved it to Evenskjer, and rebuilt it here to serve the people of the Skånland portion of the municipality. The new building was

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in September 1867. The area grew in population quite rapidly and by 1896, the church was too small for the parish. It was decided to build a new church slightly south of the old church. After the new church was completed in 1901, there was talk about moving the old church to Tovik to use as a new Tovik Church, however it was decided against this because of the poor condition of the old building. Instead, the old church was torn down and its materials were sold.

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