Majavatn Church

{{short description|Church in Nordland, Norway}}

{{Infobox church

|name = Majavatn Church

|fullname = Majavatn kirke

|former name = Majavatn kapell

|image = Majavatn kirke FBib.01005-038.jpg

|caption = View of the church

|website =

|coordinates = {{coord|65.16738883|13.36505323|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|location = Grane Municipality, Nordland

|country = Norway

|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran

|denomination = Church of Norway

|diocese = Sør-Hålogaland

|deanery = Indre Helgeland prosti

|parish = Grane

|status = Chapel

|functional status = Active

|founded date = 1915

|consecrated date = 11 June 1924

|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1915}}

|closed date =

|events =

|architect =

|architectural type = Long church

|style =

|materials = Wood

|capacity = 80

}}

Majavatn Church ({{langx|no|Majavatn kirke}}) is a chapel of the Church of Norway in Grane Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Majavatn, about {{convert|50|km}} south of the village of Trofors, just alongside the large lake Majavatnet. It is an annex chapel for the Grane parish which is part of the Indre Helgeland prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church style in 1915 as the "Majavatn misjonshus", an initiative of Paul Pedersen of the Norges Samemisjon. The church seats about 80 people.{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-29}} On 11 June 1924, it was consecrate as a "chapel". The chapel holds about 5 scheduled worship services each year, in addition to baptisms, confirmations, weddings, and funerals.{{Cite web |title=Grane menighet / Kirken |url=http://www.grane.kommune.no/grane-menighet-kirken.156998.no.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323140325/http://www.grane.kommune.no/grane-menighet-kirken.156998.no.html |archive-date=2012-03-23 |publisher=Grane kommune |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2011-11-29}}{{Cite web |title=Majavatn kirke |url=http://www.grane.menighet.no/Artikler/Nyheter/ArticleId/34032/Majavatn-kirke |publisher=Grane menighet |language=Norwegian |accessdate=2018-09-29}}