Steigen Church
| Steigen Church | |
|---|---|
| Steigen kirke | |
View of the church | |
| 67°56′10″N 14°58′46″E / 67.9360983°N 14.9795086°E | |
| Location | Steigen Municipality, Nordland |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 11th century |
| Consecrated | c. 1250 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architectural type | Long church |
| Completed | c. 1250 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 400 |
| Materials | Stone |
| Administration | |
| Deanery | Salten prosti |
| Parish | Steigen |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 85561 |
Steigen Church (Norwegian: Steigen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steigen Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the small village of Steigen on the southwestern side of the island of Engeløya. It is the main church for the Steigen parish which is part of the Salten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The brown and gray, stone church was originally built in a long church style around the year 1250, and it has since been renovated and expanded several times. The church seats about 400 people.