Svolvær Church, Svolvær

Name: Svolvær Church
Address: Svolvær, Norway

#2 among attractions in Svolvær

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Svolvær Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Svolvær on the island of Austvågøya. It is the main church for the Svolvær parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, concrete church was built in a long church style in 1934 using plans drawn up by the architects Harald Sund and August Nielsen. The church seats about 400 people. ()

Local name: Svolvær kirke Completed: 1934 (90 years ago)Capacity: 400Coordinates: 68°14'1"N, 14°33'48"E

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Svolvær Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lofoten War Memorial Museum, Galleri Espolin, Svinøy Bridge, Svolværgeita.

~790 ftS
Specialty museum, Museum
Lofoten War Memorial Museum, Svolvær
4 min walk • The Lofoten War Memorial Museum is an apolitical association and private World War II Museum in Svolvær that engages in informative work on the Second World War with particular emphasis on events in the Lofoten aera and Northern Norway.
3.4 miSW
Art museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Galleri Espolin, Kabelvåg
86 min walk • The Espolin Gallery is an art gallery in Storvågan near Kabelvåg in the municipality of Vågan, Norway. The gallery was established in 1992 to display the works of the artist Kaare Espolin Johnson. In addition to Espolin Johnson's works, the gallery also displays works by other artists.
~1970 ftNE
Bridge
Svinøy Bridge, Svolvær
10 min walk • The Svinøy Bridge is a cantilever road bridge in the town of Svolvær in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The bridge connects the small island of Svinøya with the "main island" of Austvågøya in the middle of the town of Svolvær.
1.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Svolværgeita, Austvågøy
28 min walk • Svolværgeita or Geita is a 150-metre tall pinnacle at the southwest face of the mountain Fløyfjellet on the island of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago.
2.4 miSW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Vågan Church, Kabelvåg
62 min walk • Vågan Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kabelvåg on the island of Austvågøya. It is the church for the Vågan parish which is part of the Lofoten prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland.
5.3 miSE
Island
Litlmolla
136 min walk • Litlmolla is an uninhabited island in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The island lies east of the town of Svolvær in the Vestfjorden.
2.7 miSW
68°12'35"N • 14°28'42"E
Galleri Lille Kabelvåg, Kabelvåg
70 min walk • Art gallery, Art museum, History museum
6 miS
Lighthouse
Skrova Lighthouse
153 min walk • Skrova Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on a small skerry southwest of the island of Skrova which is in the Vestfjorden south of the island of Austvågøya.
3.4 miSW
68°12'27"N • 14°26'58"E
Lofotakvariet, Kabelvåg
88 min walk • Aquarium, Zoo
3.4 miSW
68°12'24"N • 14°27'12"E
Lofotmuseet, Kabelvåg
86 min walk • Museum
6.6 miSW
Lighthouse
Moholmen Lighthouse
170 min walk • Moholmen Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on a small island in the Vestfjorden about 4 kilometres southwest of the village of Kabelvåg and about 10 kilometres straight west of the Skrova Lighthouse.