Dønnes Church


Dønnes Church is a 13th-century parish church of the Church of Norway in Dønna Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dønnes on the northern part of the island of Dønna. It is one of the churches for the Dønna parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in a long church style during the 13th century by an unknown architect.

History

The church was probably built on the site of an even older church, sometime between 1200 and 1300. Decorations include Madonna with Child from 1200's, a figure of St. Laurentius from the 1400s, and a carved Baroque style pulpit from the 1600s. The altarpiece from 1670. In 1866, the church was extended. The stone church has been renovated several times since then. In the 1960s and 1970s, Dønnes Church was examined and arranging under the leadership of Håkon Christie. Restoration work was completed in 1974.

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