Alsvåg Church () is a

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of the

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Øksnes Municipality Øksnes is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northwestern part of the large island of Langøya, which is a part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Alsvåg Alsvåg is a village in Øksnes Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the western bank of the Gavlfjorden on the island of Langøya and about east of the municipal centre of Myre. Alsvåg Church is located in this village. ...

on the island of

Langøya Langøya is the third largest island of Norway (outside of Svalbard), with an area of . The island is a part of the Vesterålen archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The island includes Bø Municipality and Øksnes Municipality as well as pa ...

. It is one of the churches for the Øksnes

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which is part of the

Vesterålen prosti Vesterålen ( , ; ) is a district and archipelago in Nordland county, Norway. It is located just north of Lofoten and west of Harstad. It is the northernmost part of Nordland county. Sortland is the largest town, situated near the center of the a ...

(

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) in the

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. The white, wooden church was built in a

long church Church building in Norway began when Christianity in Norway, 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 inst ...

style in 1923 using plans drawn up by the

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R. Randulf. The church seats about 300 people.

History

The building was originally constructed in 1923 as an

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. In 1949, the building was upgraded and renovated to gain

status. It was

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d that same year. The church was renovated in 2009.

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