Saksun Church
Saksun Church is a church in Sunda, Streymoy which is located on Saksunarvegur. Saksun Church is situated nearby to the village Tjørnuvík, as well as near Haldórsvík.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Saksunar Kirkja”
- Address: Saksunarvegur 20, Saksun, 436
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saksun and Tjørnuvík.
Saksun
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
Tjørnuvík
Village
Photo: siegfriedrabanser, CC BY 2.0.
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands. Tjørnuvík is situated 5 km north of Saksun Church.
Haldórsvík
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands. Haldórsvík is situated 6 km northeast of Saksun Church.
Saksun Church
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sunda, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.24633° or 62° 14′ 47″ northLongitude
-7.17972° or 7° 10′ 47″ westElevation
206 metres (676 feet)Inception
1858Open location code
9CJJ6RWC+G4OpenStreetMap ID
way 587547166OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranGeoNames ID
11821694Wikidata ID
Q11999142
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Saksun Church” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Saksun Kirke”
- Danish: “Saksunar kirkja”
- French: “église de Saksun”
- French: “Église de Saksun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saksunar kirkja”
- Norwegian: “Saksunar kirkja”
- Swedish: “Saksunar kirkja”
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