Strauman Church

Church in Nordland, Norway
68°17′09″N 14°20′50″E / 68.28589756°N 14.3472594°E / 68.28589756; 14.3472594LocationVågan, NordlandCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryFormer name(s)Sydal skolekapellStatusChapelFounded1984ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1984 (40 years ago) (1984)SpecificationsCapacity125MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseSør-HålogalandDeaneryLofoten prostiParishGimsøy og Strauman

Strauman Church (Norwegian: Strauman kirke) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sydalen on the island of Austvågøya. It is an annex chapel in the Gimsøy og Strauman parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1984. The chapel seats about 125 people.[1]

History

The building was completed in 1984 as a privately owned bedehus (meeting house) called Sydal School Chapel (Norwegian: Sydal skolekapell) before it was later consecrated as a chapel of the Church of Norway. The church is located in the old school in Sydalen.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Strauman kirke" (in Norwegian). Vågan kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 18 July 2012.