Stamsund Church
Stamsund Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stamsund on the island of Vestvågøya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bjørn som tegner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in Vestvågøy, Norway
- Also known as: “Stamsund kirke”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steine and Leknes.
Steine
Village
Steine is a fishing village in Vestvågøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The village lies on the south side of the island of Vestvågøya, about 3 kilometres west of the village of Stamsund. Steine is situated 3½ km southwest of Stamsund Church.
Leknes
Town
Photo: Paalsvendsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lofoten is a group of islands in the northern part of Norway. With its postcard-looking small fishing villages nestled in fjords dotting a very rugged coast with abrupt peaks rising directly from the ocean, the archipelago is often described as one of the most scenic parts of Norway. Leknes is situated 9 km west of Stamsund Church.
Stamsund Church
- Categories: cultural property, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Vestvågøy Municipality, Nordland, Northern Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
68.14396° or 68° 8′ 38″ northLongitude
13.83915° or 13° 50′ 21″ eastElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Inception
1937Operator
Vestvågøy kirkelige fellesrådOpen location code
9FWM4RVQ+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 213781317OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheran
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Stamsund Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Stamsund Kirke”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه ستامسوند”
- Finnish: “Stamsundin kirkko”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stamsund kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stamsund kirkested”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stamsund kyrkje”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stamsund kirke”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stamsund kyrkje”
- Norwegian: “Stamsund kirke”
- Norwegian: “Stamsund”
- Swedish: “Stamsund kyrka”
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