Dverberg Church

Dverberg Church
Dverberg kirke
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69°06′50″N 15°58′54″E / 69.1139°N 15.9817°E / 69.1139; 15.9817
LocationAndøy Municipality, Nordland
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1500s
Consecrated17 Oct 1843
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural typeOctagonal
Completed1843 (182 years ago) (1843)
Specifications
Capacity230
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseSør-Hålogaland
DeaneryVesterålen prosti
ParishAndøy
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84040

Dverberg Church (Norwegian: Dverberg kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Andøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dverberg on the island of Andøya. It is one of the churches for the Andøy parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1843 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 230 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Dverberg kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

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