Grønning Church


Grønning Church or Ytre Eidsfjord Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the tiny village of Grønning along the Eidsfjorden on the island of Langøya. It is the church for the Ytre Eidsfjord parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1968 by the architect Ola Stavseth. The church seats about 220 people.

History

The first church built on this site was completed in 1882, but that church burned down in 1935. The present building was constructed in 1968 out of the materials from an old school.

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