Stamsund Church ( no, Stamsund 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 ...

in Vestvågøy Municipality in

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

county, Norway. It is located in the village of

Stamsund Stamsund is a fishing village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the island of Vestvågøy in the Lofoten archipelago, along the Vestfjorden. The village is located about east of the t ...

on the island of Vestvågøya. It is the church for the Stamsund parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (

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 Sør-Hålogaland. The white, concrete 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 ...

style in 1937 using plans drawn up by the architect

Sigmund Brænne In Norse mythology, Sigmund ( non, Sigmundr , ang, Sigemund) is a hero whose story is told in the Völsunga saga. He and his sister, Signý, are the children of Völsung and his wife Hljod. Sigmund is best known as the father of Sigurð the ...

. The church seats about 500 people.

History

The old

Steine Chapel Steine Chapel ( no, Steine kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Steine. It is one of the churches for the Nærøy parish which is part of ...

was built in the nearby village of Steine in 1853, but was heavily damaged during a storm on 28 January 1905. The chapel needed to be rebuilt and was no longer usable. During the discussion about the structure of the chapel there was a debate about where the new church would be built. After more than 30 years of debate and discussion, a church was built in

to replace the old Steine Chapel. The church was

consecrate Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

d on 13 July 1937 by the Bishop Eivind Berggrav. The church was built with its own crematorium that was in operation until 2002. The church was originally part of the Buksnes parish, but in 1969 it became its own parish.

Priests

The following priests have served at Stamsund Church: *1937-1952: Halvdan Thun *1952-1965: Reidar Mørch *1965-1969: Rolv Beisvåg *1969-1976: Asbjørn Bjarne Reknes *1976-1977: Ivar Ruud *1977-1982: Knut Are Aston Eikrem *1982-1983: Trygve Knutsen *1983-2003: Harold Holtermann *2003-2009: Uffe Kronborg *2009-2010: Jan Sahl *2011-2015: Aud Meaas Sigurdsen *since 2015: Gunnar Már Kristjánsson

Media gallery

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References

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History

Priests

Media gallery

See also

References