Flakstad Church

Flakstad Church
Flakstad kirke
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Coordinates: 68°06′17″N 13°18′23″E / 68.1048°N 13.3063°E / 68.1048; 13.3063
Location	Flakstad, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded	1430
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	1780
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Parish	Flakstad
Deanery	Lofoten prosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Flakstad Church (Norwegian: Flakstad kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Flakstad in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Flakstad. The church is part of the Flakstad parish in the Lofoten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The red, wooden church was built in 1780.

The long, low church building is a cog-jointed construction using timbers clad externally with red-painted wooden paneling, as was usual at the end of the eighteenth century. The small-paned windows have white frames. The roof is covered with tiles and a ridge turret with an onion dome and spire crowns the intersection of the cross arms.

Flakstad church was first mentioned in written sources in 1413. The first church of Flakstad was built in 1430. It was destroyed by a storm during the 1700s. The new (present) church was built of timber from Russia. It was built next to the old the church and it seats about 300 people. One of chandeliers in the church also comes from Russia. Several of the items in today's church originate from the old the church including two chandeliers and the altartable. A hurricane blew the church tower off in 1874. The tower was then temporarily set up next to the church. During renovations in 1938, the tower was put back in place on top of the church.