Saltdal Church


Saltdal Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Rognan. It is the main church for the Saltdal parish which is part of the Salten prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1864 by the architect Peter Høier Holtermann. The church seats about 380 people.

History

The first known church in Saltdal was built in 1656 at the Saltnes farm, about to the southeast of the present location of the church. There is some evidence that there may have been a chapel on the site prior to that time as well. In 1864, a new church was constructed to replace the old one. A new church site was chosen, located more central in the main village of Rognan.