Mo Church (Nordland)

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Mo Church
Mo Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 66°18′36″N14°08′39″E / 66.3099°N 14.1443°E / 66.3099; 14.1443
Location Rana, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) A. Grenstad and Espen Poulson
Completed 1724
Specifications
Capacity 400
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Mo
Deanery Indre Helgeland
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Mo Church (Norwegian : Mo kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Rana in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the town of Mo i Rana. The church is part of the Mo parish in the Indre Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white wooden church was built in 1724. The church seats about 400 people. [1] [2]

Norwegian language North Germanic language spoken in Norway

Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is the official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties, and some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are hardly mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era.

Parish church church which acts as the religious centre of a parish

A parish church in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, often allowing its premises to be used for non-religious community events. The church building reflects this status, and there is considerable variety in the size and style of parish churches. Many villages in Europe have churches that date back to the Middle Ages, but all periods of architecture are represented.

Rana, Norway Municipality in Nordland, Norway

Rana is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, which houses the National Library of Norway. Other population centers in Rana include Alterneset, Båsmoen, Dunderland, Eiteråga, Flostrand, Hauknes, Mæla, Myklebustad, Nevernes, Røssvoll, Selfors, Skonseng, Storforshei, Utskarpen, and Ytteren.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mo Kirke Rana" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Mo kirke" (in Norwegian). Rana kirke. Retrieved 2011-12-21.


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