Alstahaug Church


Alstahaug Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the municipality of Alstahaug in Nordland county, Norway. It is one of seven surviving medieval churches in northern Norway. The church is associated with Petter Dass, who was appointed vicar in 1689.
The church is located in the village of Alstahaug on the southern end of the island of Alsta. It is the church for the parish of Alstahaug, which is part of the Nord-Helgeland deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The stone church was built in a long-church style in the 12th century. The church seats about 270 people.
Helgeland Kammerkor, a mixed choir from the district of Helgeland, used Alstahaug Church as the venue for a recording of folk music from Helgeland. The album contains 27 folk tunes from Helgeland, recorded in collaboration with folk musicians from the area.

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