Malnes Church


Malnes Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eide. It is the church for the Bø og Malnes parish which is part of the Vesterålen prosti in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1895 by the architect Ole Scheistrøen. The church seats about 320 people.

History

The first Malnes Church was established in the early 16th century at Malnes, near the village of Hovden. Around the year 1700, a new church building was constructed. It was likely a rectangular log building without a tower. By the early-1820s, the church had fallen into disrepair and was demolished in 1822. Rather than rebuilding on the same site, the church was rebuilt about to the south in the village of Eide. The old cemetery at Malnes was in use until 1900.
The new church was built at Eide and it was consecrated on 7 April 1895 by Bishop Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr.