Bø Church (Nordland)
Bø Church | |
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Bø kirke i Vesterålen | |
Vesterålen prosti | |
Parish | Bø og Malnes |
Type | Church |
Status | Listed |
ID | 83991 |
Bø Church (
History
Over the centuries, there have been several different church buildings. The first church at Bø was probably built around 1340. It is referenced in 1381, from the letters Diplomatarium Norvegicum. A new church was built around 1440, and the third approximately 1540. The fourth church was built in 1639. The fifth church building was completed in 1734, a little east of where the present church is located.[3][4]
In 1814, this church served as an election church (Norwegian: valgkirke).[5] Together with more than 300 other parish churches across Norway, it was a polling station for elections to the 1814 Norwegian Constituent Assembly which wrote the Constitution of Norway. This was Norway's first national elections. Each church parish was a constituency that elected people called "electors" who later met together in each county to elect the representatives for the assembly that was to meet in Eidsvoll later that year.[5][6]
In 1824, the sixth and present church was built.
Inventory
The church's fixtures are historic and include valuable objects. The pulpit is from 1762. The altar plate is characterized by the
Media gallery
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Bø kirke Altar
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Bø kirke Pulpit
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Bø kirke Sanctuary
See also
References
- ^ "Bø kirke, Vesterålen". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Bø kirke" (in Norwegian). Bø kommune. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Bø kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ a b "Valgkirkene". LokalHistorieWiki.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Om valgene". Valgene i 1814 (in Norwegian). Arkivverket. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Kirker og kirkegårder i Bø". Vesteraalen Info. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Bø kyrkjestad / Bø kyrkje 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ Sigrid Christie. "Gottfried Ezekiel". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Klaudia Rajmann. "Workshop of the painter Gottfried Ezekiel". CeROArt, EGG 5, 2016 : EGG 2014-2015. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Bestul, Terje A. (7 March 1971). "Oversikt over Bø kirkes inventor". Bø bygdebok (in Norwegian).