Bø kirke
Bø kirke står på gården Bø. Bø var tidligere er viktig rorvær/fiskevær. Det er også funnet flere gravplasser fra Vikingetiden her. Herfra kan du se til Hadsel og Lofoten. Dagens Bø kirke er den sjette kirka som har stått på gården Bø. Den første kirka på Bø er nevnt i 1381 og ble trolig bygd rundt 1340.
I 1822 startet arbeidet med dagens kirke. Det var ranværingen Ole Pedersen Bang som sammen med 7 andre arbeidet på kirka. Dagens kirke er en korskirke i tre med 370 plasser. Den ble innviet 8. august 1824 av Nord-Norges første biskop Mathias Bonsach Krogh som også var sokneprest på Alstadhaug. Senere ble den restaurert i 1908 og så i 1970-71. Den 7. januar 1971 ble Bø kirke gjenåpnet av Biskop Bjarne Weider.
Kirken var opprinnelig rødmalt, men i 1917 ble den malt hvit. Etter restaureringen i 1970-71 ble kirken igjen malt rød. Beviset for at kirken skulle være rød er et maleri som henger i våpenhuset i kirken, malt av presten Fredrik Nikolai Jensen som var sokneprest i Bø fra 1854 -1863. Dette bildet ble forært kirken i 1979 av malerens oldebarn.
Mer om kirken kan du lese på Bø kommunes hjemmeside.
ENG:
Bø church stands on the farm Bø. Bø was formerly an important fishing villages. It is also found several burial sites from the Viking era here. From the church you can see too Hadsel and Lofoten. Today Bø church is the sixth church that has been raised on the farm Bø. The first church in Bø is mentioned in 1381 and was probably built around 1340.
In 1822 started the work on today's church. It was Ole Pedersen Bang, from Rana, which, together with 7 other work at the church. Today's church is a cruciform church made in timber with 370 seats. It was inaugurated on August 8th in 1824 by the North- Norways first Bishop Mathias Bonsach Krogh, who also was priest at Alstadhaug. Later it was restored in 1908 and then in 1970-71. On January 7th in 1971 was Bø church reopened by Bishop Bjarne Weider.
The church was originally painted red, but in 1917 it was painted white. After restoration in 1970-71 the church was again painted red. The evidence that the church should be red is a painting that hangs in the vestibule of the church, painted by the priest Frederick Nicholas Jensen who was priest in Bø from 1854 -1863. This picture was given as present to the church in 1979 by the painter's great-grandchildren.