Skjomen Church

{{short description|Church in Nordland, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Skjomen Church |full_name = Skjomen kirke |former_name = |image = |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|68.2553802|17.4007558|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 = Skjomen |status = Parish church |functional_status = Active |founded = 1893 |consecrated = 17 July 1893 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1893}} |closed = |events = |architect = Ole Scheistrøen |architectural_type = Long church |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 240 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Not protected |ID = 85466 }} }}

'''Skjomen Church''' ({{langx|no|Skjomen kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Elvegård. It is the church for the Skjomen parish which is part of the Ofoten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1893 using plans drawn up by the architect Ole Scheistrøen. The church seats about 240 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Skjomen kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/180500201 |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> The building was consecrated on 17 July 1893.

thumb|left|Skjomen Church

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Category:Narvik Municipality Category:Churches in Nordland Category:Wooden churches in Norway Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Category:Churches completed in 1893 Category:1893 establishments in Norway Category:Long churches in Norway