Bodø Cathedral () is a

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of the

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county,

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. It is located in the town of Bodø. It is the church for the ''Bodø domkirke''

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which is also the seat of the Bodø domprosti (

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) and the seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The concrete church was built in a

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style in 1956 using plans drawn up by the

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s Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. The church seats about 850 people.

History

The town of Bodø was established in 1816, but it did not receive its own church for quite some time. The nearby Bodin Church served the town and surrounding area for quite some time before a church was built in the town. Construction on a new church in the town of Bodø began in 1887 and it was

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d on 6 January 1888. The building was designed by the architect

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. It was a yellow, wooden,

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with a tower on the west end. The church was destroyed on 27 May 1940 when the whole city center of Bodø was bombed during

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. In 1946, an architectural competition was held for the design of a new church, which was won by the architects Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. The foundation stone was laid in 1954, and the new church which was

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by Bishop Wollert Krohn-Hansen on 14 October 1956. By the time it was completed, it had become the cathedral for the new Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland, which was established in 1952. Bodø Cathedral is built of concrete and has a

design. The church has an external sculpture depicting Petter Dass made by Kristoffer Leirdal. The

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seats about 890 people. Over the altar in the east wall there is a high stained-glass window designed by Åge Storstein and constructed by Borgar Hauglid. The church has a tall free-standing clock tower that contains three bells. There is also a memorial to those who died from Bodø during the

. The inscription reads which means "In memory of those from Bodø, who gave their lives for Norway during war and occupation 1940–1945. No one named, no one forgotten."

Picture gallery

File:Alteret i Bodø domkirke.jpg, Altar File:Bodø Cathedral, Nave and Organ 20150608 1.jpg, Choir loft File:Portal i Bodø domkirke.jpg, Entrance to the chapel File:Bodø Cathedral, South view 20150608 1.jpg, South view with clock tower File:Bodø Cathedral, Nave 20150608 1.jpg, Interior File:Bodø domkirke fra NØ.jpg, Exterior view File:Bodoe domkirke innvendig 1961.jpg, View towards congregation File:Bodø domkirke 05.jpg, World War II memorial plaque in the bell tower of the cathedral of Bodø File:Bodø domkirke 04.jpg, Bell tower

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bodo Cathedral Cathedrals in Norway Lutheran cathedrals in Norway Churches in Nordland Churches in Bodø Churches completed in 1956 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings 1888 establishments in Norway Long churches in Norway Concrete churches in Norway

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