Sulitjelma Church | |
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Sulitjelma kirke | |
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Coordinates: 67°08′08″N 16°03′28″E / 67.1355°N 16.0577°E | |
Location | Fauske, Nordland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Consecrated | 12 November 1899 |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Worm Hirsch Lund |
Completed | 1899 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Sulitjelma |
Deanery | Salten prosti |
Diocese | Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland |
Sulitjelma Church (Norwegian: Sulitjelma kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Fauske in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sulitjelma. The church is part of the Sulitjelma parish in the Salten deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1899, and it was consecrated on 12 November 1899 by Bishop Peter Wilhelm Bøckman. The church seats about 250 people. In 1996, a new parish graveyard was built on the southern part of the village, and the Sulitjelma Chapel was built on that site.