Bodin Church

Bodin Church
Bodin kirke
View of the church View of the church
Bodin Church Location in Nordland
Location	Bodø, Nordland
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Completed	c. 1240
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	Bodin
Deanery	Bodø domprosti
Diocese	Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Bodin Church (Norwegian: Bodin kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Bodø in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the southeastern part of the town of Bodø. The church is part of the Bodin parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, stone church was built around the year 1240.

History

Bodin Church was built around the year 1240 and was enlarged in 1785 with a transept. In 1894, the entire section of the medieval church was torn down and rebuilt in the same style. The church has a stone altar from the 14th century and some wooden sculptures from the late 15th century until the early 16th century. The church is characterized today by the interior from the 17th century and 18th century. The altarpiece is from 1670, the pulpit from the 17th century with paintings from 1754 by Gottfried Ezechiel. The chandeliers date from the 1760s. The church seats about 300 people.

Media gallery

• Bodin kirke.jpg

  Front externior

• Bodin kyrkje 1.jpg

  Side exterior

• Bodin kyrkje 2.jpg

  View of the tower

• Bodin kyrkje koret.jpg

  Front interior

• Bodin kyrkje preikestol.jpg

  Front right interior and pulpit

• Bodin kyrkje inni.jpg

  Front left interior

• Bodin kyrkje altertavle.jpg

  View of altar table

See also

• List of churches in Nordland