Tjøtta Church


Tjøtta Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alstahaug Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tjøtta on the island of Tjøtta. It is the main church for the Tjøtta parish which is part of the Nord-Helgeland prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in a rectangular style in 1851 by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 310 people.

History

The earliest known records of the church's existence date back to the 16th century. The church has remodeled and expanded over the years. There was a massive fire due to lightning strikes in both 1811 and again in 1843. After the last one, the church was almost entirely rebuilt with only small portions of the old church remaining.