Ankenes Church

{{short description|Church in Nordland, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Ankenes Church |full_name = Ankenes kirke |former_name = |image = Ankenes kyrkje.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|68.4210097|17.3787710|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |location = Narvik Municipality, Nordland |country = Norway |churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran |denomination = Church of Norway |diocese = Sør-Hålogaland |deanery = Ofoten prosti |parish = Ankenes |status = Parish church |functional_status = Active |founded = 1652 |consecrated = 26 Sept 1842 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1842}} |closed = |events = |architect = Ingebrigt Julin |architectural_type = Octagonal |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 380 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Automatically protected |ID = 83784 }} }}

'''Ankenes Church''' ({{langx|no|Ankenes kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ankenesstranda. It is the main church for the Ankenes parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal style in 1842 using plans drawn up by the architect Ingebrigt Julin. The church seats about 380 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ankenes kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/180500101 |access-date=2018-11-11 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2018-11-11 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==History== The first church in Ankenes was built around 1652-1661. Around 1730, the old church was torn down and a new church was rebuilt on the same site. Then in 1842, the old church was torn down and a new building was constructed on the same site. The new church was consecrated on 26 September 1842.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ankenes kirkested |url=https://kulturminnesok.no/minne?queryString=https://data.kulturminne.no/askeladden/lokalitet/83784 |access-date=2021-03-11 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian}}</ref> In 1879-1880, the church was renovated and redecorated. In 1940, during World War II, the church was damaged during the fighting. It was repaired in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ankenes kirke |url=https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/narvik/menigheter2/ankenes%20menighet/ankenes%20kirke/ |access-date=2021-03-18 |website=Narvik kirkelige fellesråd |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> Ankenes kirke - no-nb digifoto 20151009 00209 NB MIT FNR 05156.jpg| Ankenes kirke - no-nb digifoto 20151009 00200 NB MIT FNR 05157.jpg </gallery>

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Category:Narvik Municipality Category:Churches in Nordland Category:Wooden churches in Norway Category:Octagonal churches in Norway Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Category:Churches completed in 1842 Category:17th-century establishments in Norway