Tjøtta Church, Tjøtta Island

Name: Tjøtta Church
Address: Tjøtta Island, Norway

#1 among attractions in Tjøtta Island

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Tjøtta Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjøtta on the island of Tjøtta. It is the main church for the Tjøtta parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in a rectangular style in 1851 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 310 people. ()

Local name: Tjøtta kirke Completed: 1851 (173 years ago)Coordinates: 65°49'38"N, 12°25'32"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Alstahaug Church, Petter Dass Museum, Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery, Vefsnfjord.

4.7 miN
Church, Romanesque architecture
Alstahaug Church, Alsten
120 min walk • Alstahaug Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of seven surviving medieval churches in northern Norway.
4.7 miN
History museum, Museum
Petter Dass Museum, Sandnessjøen
120 min walk • The Petter Dass Museum in Alstahaug, Norway is a museum dedicated to the priest and poet Petter Dass. The museum was established in 1966 and is a division of the Helgeland Museum.
1.3 miNW
Memorial
Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery, Tjøtta Island
34 min walk • Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery on Tjøtta has more than 7,500 war graves, mostly Russians who were taken prisoners by Nazi Germany. The Soviet prisoners of war who died in North Norway during World War II were buried in ordinary cemeteries.
6.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Fjord
Vefsnfjord
177 min walk • The Vefsnfjord or Vefsnfjorden is a fjord in the Helgeland traditional district of Nordland county, Norway. It is about 51 kilometres long, reaching a maximum depth of about 440 metres below sea level. The fjord flows through the municipalities of Alstahaug, Leirfjord, and Vefsn.
1.6 miNW
Memorial
Tjøtta International War Cemetery, Tjøtta Island
40 min walk • Tjøtta International War Cemetery is a war cemetery on Tjøtta, Northern Norway, founded in 1970. The sinking of the Rigel claimed some 2,500 lives on 27 November 1944. On board were Soviet, Polish and Serbian prisoners of war, Norwegian prisoners and German deserters, German soldiers and Norwegian crew members.

Tjøtta Church, Tjøtta Island

Facts and practical information

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

Alstahaug Church, Alsten

Petter Dass Museum, Sandnessjøen

Tjøtta Russian War Cemetery, Tjøtta Island

Vefsnfjord

Tjøtta International War Cemetery, Tjøtta Island